Clark:

> On Apr 5, 2017, at 3:02 PM, Clark Goble <cl...@lextek.com> wrote:
> 
> Peirce explicitly saw entropy and conservation as not applying universally 
> because they only applied to determinate systems. He also saw entropy as a 
> statistical measure. The question is whether his semiotics violates the laws 
> of thermodynamics and he explicitly saw that they did. The question then 
> becomes how contemporary understanding of thermodynamics in science would see 
> it. Most contemporary science sees thermodynamics as unbreakable. In that 
> case if the universe is getting more ordered that violates the second law of 
> thermodynamics. 

Given the historical development of the concepts of thermodynamics, I was 
surprised by these comments.

Very curious about the citations and the years involved.

Cheers

Jerry


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