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| Time reversal: Time reversal is a theoretical concept that states that the laws of physics could remain unchanged if the direction of time is reversed. See also symmetries, laws, laws of nature, asymmetry, time._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Jean Baudrillard on Time Reversal - Dictionary of Arguments
Sokal I 171 Time Reversal/Baudrillard/Bricmont/Sokal: (Baudrillard 1991)(1): Baudrillard speaks here of a reversibility of the causal order...triumph of effect over cause.... "floundering and fuzziness of laws"... "possible reversibility".... SokalVsBaudrillard: It is difficult to decide what Baudrillard means by "reversing" a physical law." In physics, one speaks of the reversibility of laws as an abbreviation for "invariance to time reversal. This applies to all physical laws except that of the weak interaction. >Symmetries/Physics. Sokal I 172 However, this is already valid for Newtonian mechanics. On the contrary, a new discovery is that of the non-reversibility of the weak interactions in 1964. Causality/Sokal: Anyway, the reversibility of the physical laws has nothing to do with an alleged "reversibility of the causal order". ((s) explanation/(s): Physics is represented in equations. In these equations there are no causes and effects.) >Causality, >Time, >Cause, >Effect, >Natural laws, >Physics. For the correct use of physical concepts see >Sokal/Bricmont. 1. J. Baudrillard Die fatalen Strategien, München, 1991._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Baud I J. Baudrillard Simulacra and Simulation (Body, in Theory: Histories) Ann Arbor 1994 Baud II Jean Baudrillard Symbolic Exchange and Death, London 1993 German Edition: Der symbolische Tausch und der Tod Berlin 2009 Sokal I Alan Sokal Jean Bricmont Fashionabel Nonsense. Postmodern Intellectuals Abuse of Science, New York 1998 German Edition: Eleganter Unsinn. Wie die Denker der Postmoderne die Wissenschaften missbrauchen München 1999 Sokal II Alan Sokal Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals’ Abuse of Science New York 1999 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27