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Determinism, Holism, and Complexity

By Claudio Pellegrini (Editor), Paola Cerrai (Editor), Paolo Freguglia (Editor), Vieri Benci (Editor), Giorgio Israel (Editor)
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By Claudio Pellegrini (Editor), Paola Cerrai (Editor), Paolo Freguglia (Editor), Vieri Benci (Editor), Giorgio Israel (Editor)
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Determinism, holism and complexity: three epistemological attitudes that have easily identifiable historical origins and developments. Galileo believed that it was necessary to "prune the impediments" to extract the mathematical essence of physical phenomena, to identify the math­ ematical structures representing the underlying laws. This Galilean method was the key element in the development of Physics, with its extraordinary successes. Nevertheless the method was later criticized because ...