Abstract
Mehlberg's and Lewis' phrases in the title aptlyrender Boltzmann's and Gibbs' views. Statisticalcorrelation of physical events expresses theirinteration or propagated causality. Information, as(retarded) cognizance or as (advanced) organization, istied a la Reichenbach with Aristole's efficient or finalcauses. Correspondence between the classical and thequantal transition formulas is discussed, and CPT invariance of “nonseparability”emphasized.
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Beauregard, O.C.D. Lawlike Reversibility, Factlike Irreversibility. The Symmetry of Time in Physics. International Journal of Theoretical Physics 38, 9–19 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026672821738
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