and Robert S. Shaw. “Chaos.” This previously published paper by James P. Crutchfield, J. Doyne Farmer, Norman H. Packard, and Robert S. Shaw is reprinted here to give a broad introduction and background to the science of chaos and

of Deterministic “Chaos” and of Interconnected and Interdependent Complexity.” According to Arthur Peacocke, the long-established aim in science of predicting the future macroscopic states of natural systems has recently

E. Chaos & Complexity Theory Bird, Richard J. Chaos and Life: Complexity and Order in Evolution and Thought . New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. Davies , Paul. The Cosmic Blueprint: New Discoveries in

then, chaos breaks the long-standing philosophical link between determinism and predictability. Still since it is describable by deterministic equations, chaos theory supports a strictly deterministic philosophy of

mathematical definition of chaos capturing all cases of interest. Defining chaos simply as randomness proves too vague because this term acquires new and more precise shades of meaning in the mathematics of chaos theory . Defining chaos in terms

Chaos Theory Berry, Michael. “Chaos and the Semiclassical Limit of Quantum Mechanics (Is the Moon There When Somebody Looks?)" Heller, Michael. “Chaos, Probability, and the

of time through relativity theory . The rediscovery of the observer through quantum theory . Big Bang cosmology , leading to a possible rediscovery of purpose. The rediscovery of complexity through chaos theory . Towards the

as we generalize to a deeper theory, the singularities of the old theory are dissolved and replaced by new ones. Book Series Index Next: Butterfield, Jeremy. “Some Worlds of Quantum Theory." Email link |

, George F.R. “Quantum Theory and the Macroscopic World." George F.R. Ellis lays out a thoroughgoing critique of reductionism and a complex ontology for reality as a whole, drawing from his previous publications and offering new

dynamics, and, like chaos theory , rendering its portrait of novelty in terms of epistemic ignorance. Related Topics: Physics Contributed by: Robert Russell - CTNS Search for Classical