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(1993) Synthese 94 (2).

Temporally oriented laws

Elliott Sober

pp. 171-189

A system whose expected state changes with time cannot have both a forward-directed translationally invariant probabilistic law and a backward-directed translationally invariant law. When faced with this choice, science seems to favor the former. An asymmetry between cause and effect may help to explain why temporally oriented laws are usually forward-directed.

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DOI: 10.1007/BF01064337

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Sober, E. (1993). Temporally oriented laws. Synthese 94 (2), pp. 171-189.

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