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AMA | April 2024

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

CHAPTER

Exploring Chaos and Determinism in Classical Mechanics

This chapter discusses the interplay between chaotic dynamics and determinism in classical mechanics, challenging the notion that chaos necessarily implies indeterminism. It touches on information density in chaotic systems, the comparison between classical and quantum mechanics, and the nature of fields in relativistic quantum field theories. The speaker also addresses philosophical concepts like free will, compatibilism, and the emergence of theories at a higher level of description.

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