内容 科学与假设 · 10
Science and Hypothesis · Energy and Thermodynamics
Energy principles show how physics can become unified without becoming purely mechanical.
能量原则说明物理可以统一，却不必完全机械化。
A unifying principle gains power when it says what may be ignored.
统一原则的力量也在于说明什么可以暂时忽略。
命题
Energy and Thermodynamics should be read as a question about how science stabilizes its objects.
卷一 8 · 能量和热力学 要读成一个问题：科学怎样让自己的对象稳定下来。
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题
Why is thermodynamics philosophically important?
热力学为什么有哲学意义？
解
It shows that science can organize phenomena through general constraints, not only microscopic pictures.
它说明科学可以通过一般约束组织现象，不只靠微观图像。
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