Two Essays On Entropy - Rudolf Carnap

Two Essays On Entropy By Rudolf Carnap (edited With An Introduction By Abner Shimony) Brings A Major Twentieth-century Philosopher Of Science To The Front Lines Of Thermodynamics, Probability, And Inductive Logic. Written During Carnaprsquo;s 1952ndash;54 Fellowship At The Institute For Advanced Study, These Essays Pursue An Abstract Concept Of Entropyrdquo; Usable For Scientific Inference While Testing, With Unusual Clarity, The Coherence Of The Physicistsrsquo; Own Statistical Notion. Carnaprsquo;s Guiding Claim Is Bold And Bracing: Entropy Belongs With Temperature And Pressure As An Objective Physical Magnitude, Not A Merely Logical Or Informational Index.