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Law and Prediction in the Light of Chaos Research

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Paul Weingartner
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  2. Gerhard Schurz
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 473)

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Table of contents (20 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Time, chaos and the laws of nature

    • I. Priogine
    Pages 3-9

  3. Natural laws and human prediction

    • B. Chirikov
    Pages 10-33

  4. Comment on Boris Chirikov's paper “Natural laws and human prediction”

    • J. Lighthill
    Pages 34-35

  5. Natural laws and the physics of complex systems comments on the report by B. Chirikov

    • G. Nicolis
    Pages 36-39

  6. Discussion of Boris Chrikov's paper

    • R. W. Batterman, B. Chirikov, H. P. Noyes, G. Schurz, P. Suppes, P. Weingartner
    Pages 40-46

  7. Under what transformations are laws invariant?

    • P. Weingartner
    Pages 47-88

  8. Contingency and fundamental laws comment on Paul Weingartner “Under what transformations are laws invariant?”

    • M. Stöckler
    Pages 89-92

  9. Discussion of Paul Weingartner's paper

    • B. Chirikov, D. Miller, H. P. Noyes, G. Noyes, G. Schurz, P. Suppes et al.
    Pages 93-99

  10. The status of determinism in an uncontrollable world

    • D. Miller
    Pages 103-114

  11. Discussion of David Miller's paper

    • R. W. Batterman, D. Miller, H. P. Noyes, G. Schurz, P. Schuster, H.-B. Strack et al.
    Pages 115-122

  12. Kinds of unpredictability in deterministic systems

    • G. Schurz
    Pages 123-141

  13. Discussion of Gerhard Schurz' paper

    • R. W. Batterman, B. Chirikov, D. Miller, H. P. Noyes, G. Schurz, P. Suppes et al.
    Pages 142-151

  14. Decoherence, determinism and chaos revisited

    • H. P. Noyes
    Pages 152-175

  15. Discussion of H. Pierre Noyes' paper

    • R. W. Batterman, B. Chirikov, D. Miller, H. P. Noyes, P. Suppes, P. Weingartner et al.
    Pages 176-188

  16. Photons, billiards and chaos

    • P. Suppes, J. Acacio de Barros
    Pages 189-201

  17. Discussion of Pat Suppes' paper

    • R. W. Batterman, B. Chirikov, D. Miller, H. P. Noyes, G. Schurz, P. Suppes et al.
    Pages 202-207

  18. Chaos: Algorithmic complexity vs. Dynamical instability

    • R. W. Batterman
    Pages 211-235

  19. Discussion of Robert Batterman's paper

    • R. W. Batterman, B. Chirikov, D. Miller, H. P. Noyes, P. Suppes
    Pages 236-242

  20. On the foundations of synergetics

    • H. Haken, A. Wunderlin, S. Yigitbasi
    Pages 243-279
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Like relativity and quantum theory chaos research is another prominent concept of 20th century physics that has triggered deep and far-reaching discussions in the philosophy of science. In this volume outstanding scientists discuss the fundamental problems of the concepts of law and of prediction. They present their views in their contributions to this volume, but they also are exposed to criticism in transcriptions of recordings made during discussions and in comments on their views also published in this book. Although all authors assume familiarity with some background in physics they also address the philosophers of science and even a general audience interested in modern science's contribution to a deeper understanding of reality.

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