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I argue that there exist three different ways of analyzing the logistic equation and that these different kinds of analysis reveal very different properties. Furthermore, I claim that these different properties have been used to justify two different, coexisting definitions of chaos.
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Zuchowski, L.C. (2015). Revisiting Smale’s Fourteenth Problem to Discover Two Definitions of Chaos. In: Mäki, U., Votsis, I., Ruphy, S., Schurz, G. (eds) Recent Developments in the Philosophy of Science: EPSA13 Helsinki. European Studies in Philosophy of Science, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23015-3_21
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