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1、AnAttempttoAddaLittleDirectionto"TheProblemoftheDirectionofTime"JohnEarmanPhilosophyofScience,Vol.41,No.1.(Mar.,1974),pp.15-47.StableURL:http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0031-8248%28197403%2941%3A1%3C15%3AAATAAL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4PhilosophyofScienceiscurrentlypublishedbyTheUniversityofCh
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6、OFTHEDIRECTIONOFTIME""JOHNEARMAN?UniversityofMinnesotaItisarguedthatthemainproblemwith"theproblemofthedirectionoftime"istofigureoutwhattheproblemisorissupposedtobe.Towardsthisend,anattemptismadetodisentangleandtoclassifysomeofthemanyissueswhichhavebeendiscussedunderthelabelof'thedire
7、ctionoftime'.Secondly,sometechnicalapparatusisintro-ducedinthehopeofproducingasharperformulationoftheissuesthantheyhavereceivedinthephilosophicalliterature.Finally,sometentativesuggestionsaboutthecentralissuesareoffered.Inparticuar,itissuggestedthatentropyandirreversibilityaremuchles
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