Editing Entropy (section)

=== Philosophy and theoretical physics ===
Entropy is the only quantity in the physical sciences that seems to imply a particular direction of progress, sometimes called an [[arrow of time]]. As time progresses, the second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of an [[isolated system]] never decreases in large systems over significant periods of time. Hence, from this perspective, entropy measurement is thought of as a clock in these conditions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Crane |first=Leah |date=May 2021 |title=The cost of keeping time |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0262407921008162 |journal=New Scientist |language=en |volume=250 |issue=3334 |pages=15 |doi=10.1016/S0262-4079(21)00816-2|bibcode=2021NewSc.250...15C }}</ref> Since the 19th century, a number the philosophers have drawn upon the concept of entropy to develop novel metaphysical and ethical systems. Examples of this work can be found in the thought of [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] and [[Philipp Mainländer]], [[Claude Lévi-Strauss]], [[Isabelle Stengers]], Shannon Mussett, and [[Drew Dalton|Drew M. Dalton]].