Law and Prediction in the Light of Chaos Research

Paul Weingartner, Gerhard Schurz (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

X, 294 Seiten

2013 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-662-14100-7 (ISBN)

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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.

Paul Weingartner, Ph.D. 1961 (Philosophy/Physics) Univ. of Innsbruck, Prof. of Philosophy 1971- (em.1999) Univ. of Salzburg and Institut fuer Wissenschaftstheorie. Honory Doctorate 1995 Marie Curie Univ. Lublin, Member of the New York Academy of Sciences. 10 books, 36 books edited, 150 articles. Guest professorships and guest lectures at more than 100 universities. Paul Weingartner is one of the most distinguished philosophers and logicians in German language countries. He has published many books and articles in the domains of philosophy of sciences, logic, ethics and philosophy of religion.

Gerhard Schurz studierte Naturwissenschaften (Mag. rer. nat.) sowie Philosophie und Soziologie (Dr. phil.) an der Universität Graz. Nach Professuren an den Universitäten Salzburg und Erfurt und Gastprofessuren an der University of California (Irivine) und an der Yale University ist er seit 2002 Lehrstuhlinhaber und Forschungsgruppenleiter für Theoretische Philosophie an der Universität Düsseldorf. Zu seinen Forschungsschwerpunkten gehören die Wissenschaftsphilosophie, Logik, Kognitive Wissenschaft und verallgemeinerte Evolutionstheorie.

Time, chaos and the laws of nature.- Natural laws and human prediction.- Comment on Boris Chirikov's paper "Natural laws and human prediction".- Natural laws and the physics of complex systems comments on the report by B. Chirikov.- Discussion of Boris Chrikov's paper.- Under what transformations are laws invariant?.- Contingency and fundamental laws comment on Paul Weingartner "Under what transformations are laws invariant?".- Discussion of Paul Weingartner's paper.- The status of determinism in an uncontrollable world.- Discussion of David Miller's paper.- Kinds of unpredictability in deterministic systems.- Discussion of Gerhard Schurz' paper.- Decoherence, determinism and chaos revisited.- Discussion of H. Pierre Noyes' paper.- Photons, billiards and chaos.- Discussion of Pat Suppes' paper.- Chaos: Algorithmic complexity vs. Dynamical instability.- Discussion of Robert Batterman's paper.- On the foundations of synergetics.- Discussion of Arne Wunderlin's paper.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.11.2013
Reihe/Serie	Lecture Notes in Physics
Zusatzinfo	X, 294 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
Schlagworte	arrow of time • Chaos • Coherence • Decoherence • Irreversibility • predectability • Quantum Theory • Reality
ISBN-10	3-662-14100-0 / 3662141000
ISBN-13	978-3-662-14100-7 / 9783662141007
Zustand	Neuware