Self-organization
epistemological and methodological aspect of the unity of reality
pp. 143-166
in: Arturo Carsetti (ed), Functional models of cognition, Berlin, Springer, 2000Abstract
The attempt to take the concept of reality as it has been developed by modern science — in particular by physics — as a means of orientation shows that the physical concept of reality is, compared to non-physical concepts, highly specific and differentiated. If one searches for a structure in the edifice composed of the sequences of physical theories, one finds three dimensions of a theoretical construct "physical reality".