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No. 57

Logic and the laws of Thermodynamics

  • Carlos Alberto Blanco Pérez
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12795/themata.2018.i57.02
Submitted
February 7, 2017
Published
2018-06-25

Abstract

The paper illustrates the possibility of relating the fundamental laws of logical thinking with the basic principles to thermodynamics. According to this hypothesis, the idea of a “transcendental realm” that hosts the a priori categories of understanding is no longer needed, because human logic can be regarded as the result of a process of fine-tuning in our mind’s ability to perceive of patterns of identity and change in nature.

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