The modern theory of non-linear dynamical systems [chaos] has certainly taught us a salutary lesson about unpredictability in classical physics. It is less obvious what it should have taught us about determinism. While many regard deterministic metaphysics as triumphantly vindicated, Popper (1982), for example, sees its only real support pushed unceremoniously aside. It is the burden of this paper to outline this problem (section 1); to challenge both the usual connection between determinism and predictability and the relevance of the argument leading from deterministic chaos to determinism (section 2); and finally to suggest that, for those who see prediction as an essentially probabilistic enterprise, unpredictability may promise an even ...
There is an enormous body of philosophical literature on the doctrine of universal determinism, but ...
In the minds of most otherwise well informed philosophers of science, determinism should be thought ...
There has been a long-standing debate in philosophical literature about the relationship of predicta...
This article focuses on three recent discussions on determinism in the philosophy of science. First,...
The fact that there exist in nature thoroughly deterministic systems whose future behavior cannot be...
There is a persistent confusion about determinism and predictability. In spite of the opinions of so...
It is exposed the Poincare’s work (1880's) in the system defining the restricted 3-body problem whic...
This dissertation is about some of the most important philosophical aspects of chaos research, a fam...
The purpose of this paper is to give a brief survey the implications of the theories of modern physi...
This dissertation is about some of the most important philosophical aspects of chaos research, a fam...
Determinism and unpredictability are compatible since deterministic flows can produce, if sensitive ...
From the beginning of chaos research until today, the unpredictability of chaos has been a central t...
Classical determinism can be defined in terms of predictability; indeed, it is sometimes called &apo...
This essay considers and evaluates recent results and arguments from classical chaotic systems theor...
Determinism is a rich and varied concept. At an abstract level of analysis, Jordan Howard Sobel (199...
There is an enormous body of philosophical literature on the doctrine of universal determinism, but ...
In the minds of most otherwise well informed philosophers of science, determinism should be thought ...
There has been a long-standing debate in philosophical literature about the relationship of predicta...
This article focuses on three recent discussions on determinism in the philosophy of science. First,...
The fact that there exist in nature thoroughly deterministic systems whose future behavior cannot be...
There is a persistent confusion about determinism and predictability. In spite of the opinions of so...
It is exposed the Poincare’s work (1880's) in the system defining the restricted 3-body problem whic...
This dissertation is about some of the most important philosophical aspects of chaos research, a fam...
The purpose of this paper is to give a brief survey the implications of the theories of modern physi...
This dissertation is about some of the most important philosophical aspects of chaos research, a fam...
Determinism and unpredictability are compatible since deterministic flows can produce, if sensitive ...
From the beginning of chaos research until today, the unpredictability of chaos has been a central t...
Classical determinism can be defined in terms of predictability; indeed, it is sometimes called &apo...
This essay considers and evaluates recent results and arguments from classical chaotic systems theor...
Determinism is a rich and varied concept. At an abstract level of analysis, Jordan Howard Sobel (199...
There is an enormous body of philosophical literature on the doctrine of universal determinism, but ...
In the minds of most otherwise well informed philosophers of science, determinism should be thought ...
There has been a long-standing debate in philosophical literature about the relationship of predicta...