In this talk I will analyse the debate between the
physicist Stephen Hawking and the philosopher Huw Price on whether
Hawking's No-Boundary Condition for the quantum state of the universe
explains the origin of the thermodynamic arrow of time. I will argue
that Price objects to Hawking's claims for the wrong reasons. Instead
I will point out other difficulties which undermine Hawking's
argument.
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