Memory, the fork asymmetry, and the initial state

DOI10.1007/S11229-021-03214-4MaRDI QIDQ6147201zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Athamos Stradis

Publication date 1 February 2024

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03214-4

zbMATH Keywords

fork asymmetrymemorypast hypothesisphilosophy of physicsstatistical mechanicstime asymmetrytime's arrow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General relativity (83C99)

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