Explaining Chaos

Philosophical Review 110 (2):289 (2001)
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Explaining Chaos provides both a succinct and accurate introduction to the physics and mathematics of chaotic dynamical systems along with a number of pertinent philosophical commentaries on the scientific results. The book provides the clearest and most sensible treatment of chaos theory from a philosophical perspective available in the literature.

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Larry Sklar
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Peter R. R. Smith
University of Glasgow

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