Two Conceptions of Order

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to compare two conceptions of order. One, based on classical mechanics, identifies order as simplicity of components and their compositions. Within this framework it is difficult to describe and understand system which have rich, dynamical structures. In order to accomplish this, we need non-linear dynamics, and hence a new notion of order. In non-linear dynamics local processes are chaotic, but order emerges on the higher level.