Physical Grounds for Causal Perspectivalism

We ground the asymmetry of causal relations in the internal physical states of a special kind of open and irreversible physical system, a causal agent. A causal agent is an autonomous physical system, maintained in a steady state, far from thermal equilibrium, with special subsystems: sensors, actua...

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Main Authors: Gerard J. Milburn, Sally Shrapnel, Peter W. Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/8/1190