(Dis-)solving the puzzle of the arrow of radiation

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 51 (3):381-410 (2000)
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I criticize two accounts of the temporal asymmetry of electromagnetic radiation - that of Huw Price, whose account centrally involves a reinterpretation of Wheeler and Feynman's infinite absorber theory, and that of Dieter Zeh. I then offer some reasons for thinking that the purported puzzle of the arrow of radiation does not present a genuine puzzle in need of a solution.

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Time’s arrow and Archimedes’ point.Huw Price - 1996 - Philosophical and Phenomenological Research 59 (4):1093-1096.
Price on the Wheeler-feynman theory.Stephen Leeds - 1994 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 45 (1):288-294.
Reinterpreting the Wheeler—Feynman Absorber Theory: Reply to Leeds.Huw Price - 1994 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 45 (4):1023-1028.

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