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Research paper thumbnail of Economics, ecology and entropy: The second law of thermodynamics and the limits to growth

Population and Environment, 1996

The second law of thermodynamics has played an important role in ecological economics as providin... more The second law of thermodynamics has played an important role in ecological economics as providing a justification for the view that economies have limits to growth. Yet beyond basic textbooks statements of this law, we seldom find informed philosophical examinations of the meaning and metaphysical justification for the second law. In this paper we shall examine some challenges which have

Research paper thumbnail of Economics, ecology and entropy: The second law of thermodynamics and the limits to growth

Population and Environment, 1996

The second law of thermodynamics has played an important role in ecological economics as providin... more The second law of thermodynamics has played an important role in ecological economics as providing a justification for the view that economies have limits to growth. Yet beyond basic textbooks statements of this law, we seldom find informed philosophical examinations of the meaning and metaphysical justification for the second law. In this paper we shall examine some challenges which have

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