Dynamic and stochastic systems as a framework for metaphysics and the philosophy of science.
Scientists often think of the world (or some part of it) as a dynamical system, a stochastic process, or a generalization of such a system. Prominent examples of systems are (i) the system of planets orbiting the sun or any other classical mechanical system, (ii) a hydrogen atom or any other quantum...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 198; no. 3; pp. 2551 - 2613 |
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