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Models and Metaphors. Part II: The Aesthetical Conception of Natural Laws
R. E. Zimmermann, A. Schlemm, D. Zeilinger +2
Following the results and the general methodological framework of a preceeding paper (Models and Metaphors, part I, henceforth: MM), we develop some results on the epistemological…
Models and Metaphors. Part I: From the Boundaries of Formalization to the Visualization of the Non-Formalized
R. E. Zimmermann, S. Ley, V. G. Budanov +1
The explicit relationship among perception, communication, and design is being discussed in some detail, in order to relate it to characteristic details of the modeling of the worl…
Decentralization as Organizing Principle of Emergent Urban Structures
Rainer E. Zimmermann
With a view to the ongoing Bologna project (www.arXiv.org/pdf/nlin.AO/0109025) general organizing principles of emergent structures in social systems are being discussed with a vie…
Reconstructing Bologna. The City as an Emergent Computational System - A Study in the Complexity of Urban Structures. Part I: The Basic Idea and Fundamental Concepts
Rainer E. Zimmermann, Anna Soci, Giorgio Colacchio
The conceptual background for a detailed study of the urban form of the city of Bologna is discussed with a view to modern methodological insight as it is being presented by recent…
Basic Aspects of Negator Algebra in SOC
Rainer E. Zimmermann
Recent developments in loop quantum gravity and topological quantum field theory are being mirrored with a view to the emergent structure of self- organized criticality (SOC). Refe…
Topoi of Emergence. Foundations and Applications
Rainer E. Zimmermann, Wolfram Voelcker
We discuss aspects of emergence by introducing the concept of negator algebra referring to topos-theoretic results obtained by Vladimir Trifonov some time ago. As a possible applic…