Chaotic systems can reach a state of stable order through three mechanisms: positive feedback loops, negative feedback loops, and mixed feedback loops leading to complex, yet patterned, outcomes. This last state of order is typified by an inability to model such outcomes using standard mathematical approaches. Instead, simulation, rather than […]
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In a pragmatic sense, knowledge is validated through a set of logics designed to eliminate contradictions. As Watkins (2003) notes, “A cannot be non-A at the same time and in the same respect. Therefore man must relate all his knowledge in search of contradictions; if he should encounter one he […]