Causality, not entropy
Some philosophers argue that there is too much emphasis on entropy in efforts to find a physical correlate for the psychological arrow of time. Earman (see citation) argues the leaving of traces of past events may have nothing to do with entropy but rather to causal asymmetry.
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The Arrow of Time  »The Arrow of Time 
The experience of time »The experience of time
Passage view components »Passage view components
Flow and direction of time? »Flow and direction of time?
Memory accretion hypothesis  »Memory accretion hypothesis 
Direction is that of memory accretion »Direction is that of memory accretion
Why aligned with thermodynamic arrow? »Why aligned with thermodynamic arrow?
Information theoretic explanation »Information theoretic explanation
Causality, not entropy
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