Anentropy

Treivus has pointed out that the anentropy, apart from a constant factor (the universal gas constant) is equal to the chemical affinity for one componenent in a themodynamic system.

The advantages of the RHA method are that it is flexible and can deal with all variants of phoscorites, including diopside and phlogopite-bearing varieties, as well as the continuous series through to carbonatite (Table 2.4) and other related rocks. It gives a measure of complexity of composition and of minor components in the entropy and anentropy values.

Here, R is rank formula of composition – a sequence of components by reduction of their value (contents); Н is Shannon information entropy – complexity measure; А – anentropy – measure of purity; Т – tolerance – measure of ultrapurity.

All these assume a kind of anentropy, a rising of order out of disorder, implicitly embodying a kind of anthropic intent, which Plato articulated as the soul, identified as the primal mover, the initiator of action.

It is anentropy in the midst of entropy. Therefore, regarding life as defined the concept of homeostasis is only applicable in a relative sense.

Science has the happy distinction of finding a balance between entropy and anentropy: between the need to conserve order with progress.