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II 250
Time/Newton/mechanics/Genz: in Newtonian mechanics, not only the earlier point of time determines the later one, but also vice versa the later point of time determines the earlier one.
Deterministic/Genz: we must distinguish between forward deterministic laws and forward and backward deterministic laws.
II 251
Question: are there also purely backwards deterministic laws?
Definition Time/Genz: as long as we do not know anything else, we can simply define time as the direction in which deterministic laws of nature apply. This is necessarily identical to the direction in which the order cannot increase.
>Entropy, >Second law of thermodynamics, >Arrow of time, >Determinism.

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