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URL:https://www.ub.edu/grc_logos/activities/stable-simple-regularities-fro
 m-complex-micro-level-dynamics/
SUMMARY:Stable simple regularities from  complex micro-level dynamics
DESCRIPTION:Michael Strevens&#39\; &quot\;Bigger than chaos. Understanding 
 complexity through probability&quot\; seeks to explain the existence of &#
 39\;simple&#39\; regularities in the macroscopic level as arising from a c
 haotic micro-level dynamics. He employs the so called &#39\;method of arbi
 trary functions&#39\; and applies it to the cases of statistical mechanics
  and population ecology\, showing how equilibrium states and simple laws (
 i.e. linear and with few variables) are a consequence of some features of 
 the micro-level setup and dynamics. The aim of this paper is to explain th
 e key points of his theory and then argue how in such theory the role of t
 he actual micro-level dynamical laws can be marginal under the proper cond
 itions. If this is the case\, simple behavior would emerge not only from t
 he presupposed actual (newtonian) deterministic laws but from a larger set
  of possible fundamental laws.Keywords:&nbsp\;Complex Systems Theory\, Phy
 sical Necessity\, Laws of Nature\, Emergence\, Reduction\, Statistical Mec
 hanics
CATEGORIES:Graduate Research Seminar (GRSem)
LOCATION:Seminari de Filosofia
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