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Degeneration and Entropy.
- Source :
- Kriterion; Jun2022, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p123-155, 33p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Lakatos's analysis of progress and degeneration in the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes is well-known. Less known, however, are his thoughts on degeneration in Proofs and Refutations. I propose and motivate two new criteria for degeneration based on the discussion in Proofs and Refutations - superfluity and authoritarianism. I show how these criteria augment the account in Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes, providing a generalized Lakatosian account of progress and degeneration. I then apply this generalized account to a key transition point in the history of entropy - the transition to an informationtheoretic interpretation of entropy - by assessing Jaynes's 1957 paper on information theory and statistical mechanics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10198288
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Kriterion
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160194268
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/krt-2021-0032