In Georgescu-Roegen’s classical, though controversial discussion of entropy in relation to economics, the dualism of … maximum entropy. Following Searle, I introduce the ontological dualism of observer independent and observer relative facts …, and show that the notion of entropy also manifests this dualism, in the sense of the contextuality of measurements in …

Recently, Kleidon suggested a restatement of the Gaia hypothesis based on Maximum Entropy approaches to the Earth … continuously moves away from equilibrium, driven by maximum entropy production which materializes in hierarchically coupled …", and the other in terms of physiosemeiosis, which is a naturalized application of Peirce's theory of signs emerging from …

capacity. This implies that the growth of knowledge is the dual of the process of entropy production. This theory matches with …Recently, the maximum entropy principle has been applied to explain the evolution of complex non-equilibrium systems …, such as the Earth system. I argue that it can also be fruitfully deployed to reconsider the classical treatment of entropy …