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Ontic Closure and the Hierarchy of Scale
Author(s) -
ULANOWICZ ROBERT E.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06285.x
Subject(s) - ontic , closure (psychology) , hierarchy , scale (ratio) , geography , epistemology , philosophy , political science , cartography , law
A bstract : The Newtonian, universalist world view is incompatible with the notion of ontological indeterminacy. A hierarchical, or granular perspective, however, reveals how the consequences of pure chance, at scales far removed from those at which the event occurs, can be mitigated.