Concept

Second law of thermodynamics

Overview

law of physics stating that systems spontaneously evolve towards states of higher entropy

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Second law of thermodynamics

• Herbert Spencer
• Roger Penrose
• Ludwig Boltzmann
• Paul Feyerabend
• Drew Dalton

Related ideas

• Germany
• Infinitesimal
• Physical property
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Gas
• Molecule
• Heat
• Metabolism
• Observation
• Scientific law
• Observable universe
• Statistical mechanics
• Speed
• James Clerk Maxwell
• Arrow of time
• Time dilation
• Thermodynamics
• Time
• Empirical evidence
• Universe
• Universal (metaphysics)
• Lord Kelvin
• Causality
• Logical consequence

Opposing perspectives

• Entropy

Place in the tradition

Part of Ecological economics.

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