# Entropic Dynamics: Mechanics without Mechanism

## TL;DR

Entropic Dynamics derives physical laws from entropic inference without relying on traditional action principles, offering a universal inference-based framework potentially applicable beyond physics.

## Contribution

This work reviews the derivation of quantum theory within Entropic Dynamics, highlighting its novel inference-based approach that does not depend on an underlying mechanism.

## Key findings

- Quantum theory derived from entropic inference
- Framework does not require an action principle
- Potential applicability to fields beyond physics

## Abstract

Entropic Dynamics is a framework in which dynamical laws such as those that arise in physics are derived as an application of entropic methods of inference. No underlying action principle is postulated. Instead, the dynamics is driven by entropy subject to constraints reflecting the information that is relevant to the problem at hand. In this work I review the derivation of quantum theory but the fact that Entropic Dynamics is based on inference methods that are of universal applicability suggests that it may be possible to adapt these methods to fields other than physics.