Ancient and Current Chaos Theories

G. Gunduz ()
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G. Gunduz: Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University

Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, 2006, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: Chaos theories developed in the last three decades have made very important contributions to our understanding of dynamical systems and natural phenomena. The meaning of chaos in the current theories and in the past is somewhat different from each other. In this work, the properties of dynamical systems and the evolution of chaotic systems were discussed in terms of the views of ancient philosophers. The meaning of chaos in Anaximenes' philosophy and its role in the Ancient natural philosophy has been discussed in relation to other natural philosophers such as of Anaximander, Parmenides, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Leucippus (i.e. atomists) and Aristotle. In addition, the fundamental concepts of statistical mechanics and the current chaos theories were discussed in relation to the views in Ancient natural philosophy. The roots of the scientific concepts such as randomness, autocatalysis, nonlinear growth, information, pattern, etc. in the Ancient natural philosophy were investigated.

Keywords: chaos; randomness; dynamical systems; natural philosophy; ancient philosophy; information; biological evolution; nonlinearity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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