FRAGILITY AND DETERMINISTIC MODELING IN THE EXACT SCIENCES

被引:10
作者
TAVAKOL, RK
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[1] School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary College, London E1 4NS, Mile End Road
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10.1093/bjps/42.2.147
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N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
The theoretical framework adopted in the exact sciences, for constructing and testing deterministic theories on the one hand, and modelling and analysis of observed phenomena on the other, is often implicitly assumed to be that of structural stability. In view of recent developments in nonlinear dynamics, it is argued here that in general it may not be possible to assume strict determinism and structural stability simultaneously; either strict determinism holds, in which case the fragility framework may turn out to be the appropriate framework for the study of certain phenomena in the exact sciences, or 'structural stability' is restored at the expense of introducing stochasticity. In this sense a certain degree of indeterminacy may be unavoidable even at the classical level.
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页码:147 / 156
页数:10
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