Complexity of the big and small

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dc.contributor.advisorCilliers, Paul
dc.contributor.advisorGeyer, Hendrik B.
dc.contributor.authorCejnarova, Andreaen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Philosophy.
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-01T10:00:01Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T09:04:51Z
dc.date.available2008-07-01T10:00:01Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2010-06-01T09:04:51Z
dc.date.issued2005-03en_ZA
dc.descriptionThesis (MA (Philosophy))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.
dc.description.abstractIt seems to be a priori impossible to formulate any general theory or model that encompasses all of the properties of complexity. So, one must make do with partial solutions. A possible approach we propose is to take inspiration from quantum theory, since there seems to be a strong analogy between complex systems and quantum systems. Although we do not propose any literal application of quantum mechanical formalism to complexity, we suggest that the language of quantum mechanics is already so well developed - and for a much wider spectrum of problems than most theories - that it can serve as a model for complexity theory. There are many problems common to both complex systems and quantum systems and we suggest that it might be useful to test the applicability of aspects of the “language” of quantum mechanics to a general complex system. What we suggest here is an interdisciplinary talk led between the natural sciences and philosophy, which we believe is the only way in which to deal with complexity “as such”.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3045
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Stellenbosch
dc.subjectComplexity (Philosophy)en
dc.subjectQuantum theoryen
dc.subjectPhilosophy and scienceen
dc.subjectComplexity theoryen
dc.subjectComplex systemsen
dc.subjectQuantum systemsen
dc.subjectDissertations -- Philosophyen
dc.subjectTheses -- Philosophyen
dc.titleComplexity of the big and smallen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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