Paul Steinhardt will be speaking for the class this Friday.  Some relevant articles by Steinhardt include:

The Inflation Debate

Readings:

David Albert, Ch. 1

David Albert, Ch.2

David Albert, Ch. 3

David Albert, Ch. 4

David Albert, Ch. 5

David Albert, Ch. 6

David Albert, Ch. 7

Barry Loewer, Two Accounts of Laws and Time

Barry Loewer, The Emergence of Time's Arrows and Special Science Laws from Physics

Barry Loewer, Counterfactuals and the Second Law

Barry Loewer, Laws and Properties

Barry Loewer, Humean Supervenience

Barry Loewer, Why Is There Anything Except Physics