The most important characteristic of the "world filled with
nonlinearity" is the existence of scale interference: disparate
space-time scales interfere with each other. Thus, the effects of
unknowable scales invade the world that we can observe directly.
This leads to various peculiar phenomena such as chaos, critical
phenomena, and complex biological phenomena, among others.
Conceptual analysis and phenomenology are the keys to describe and
understand phenomena that are subject to scale interference,
because precise description of unfamiliar phenomena requires
precise concepts and their phenomenological description. The book
starts with an illustration of conceptual analysis in terms of
chaos and randomness, and goes on to explain renormalization group
philosophy as an approach to phenomenology. Then, abduction is
outlined as a way to express what we have understood about the
world. The book concludes with discussions on how we can approach
genuinely complex phenomena, including biological phenomena. The
main target of this volume is young people who have just started to
appreciate the world seriously. The author also wishes the book to
be helpful to those who have been observing the world, but who wish
to appreciate it afresh from a different angle.
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