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work_xkcm5yiehbajpfyjpf65kylxdy	Karen R. Zwier	Interventionist Causation in Thermodynamics	2017	12	.pdf	application/pdf	5097	336	55	In this paper, I offer a fresh look at the interventionist account of causation and its applicability to thermodynamics. Thermodynamic theorizing is structured around the characterization of equilibrium states and the processes by which systems move from one equilibrium A thermodynamic equilibrium state is the state of a system that is not undergoing a change (thermal, mechanical, or chemical). on those boundaries constitute external interventions on the system; they effectively set various thermodynamic variables to take on certain values. effectively imposes equilibrium conditions by external intervention. external manipulations or interventions, which impose values on certain thermodynamic variables, are entirely consistent with the concept of an intervention interventionist account of causation, an intervention directly forces a variable entity or structure playing the role of setting certain variable values or holding them fixed can fulfill the requirements for intervention. entropy: volume VA, the set of particle numbers for each species NA, temperature TA, and internal energy UA.	./cache/work_xkcm5yiehbajpfyjpf65kylxdy.pdf	./txt/work_xkcm5yiehbajpfyjpf65kylxdy.txt