A5050934323- Philosophy and History of Science
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Philosophy, Science, and History
- Social and Educational Sciences
- Science and Climate Studies
- Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Semantic Web and Ontologies
- Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Classical Philosophy and Thought
- Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
- Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
- Evolution and Science Education
- Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- History and Theory of Mathematics
- Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
Uppsala University
2011-2024
Stockholm Resilience Centre
2021-2023
Stockholm University
1996-2023
Abstract When reasoning about causes of sustainability problems and possible solutions, scientists rely on disciplinary-based understanding cause–effect relations. These disciplinary assumptions enable constrain how causal knowledge is generated, yet they are rarely made explicit. In a multidisciplinary field like science, lack differences in impedes our ability to address complex problems. To support navigating the diversity reasoning, we articulate when during research process researchers...
Understanding causation in social-ecological systems (SES) is indispensable for promoting sustainable outcomes. However, the study of such causal relations challenging because they are often complex and intertwined, their analysis involves diverse disciplines. Although there agreement that no single research approach (RA) can comprehensively explain SES phenomena, a lack ability to deal with this diversity. Underlying diversity challenge dealing it different reasonings rarely explicit....
Dynamical systems modeling (DSM) explores how a system evolves in time when its elements and the relationships between them are known. The basic idea is that structure of dynamical system, expressed by coupled differential or difference equations, determines attractors and, turn, behavior. This leads to structural understanding can provide insights into qualitative properties real systems, including ecological social-ecological (SES). DSM generally does not aim make specific quantitative...
Models are widely used for investigating cause-effect relationships in complex systems. However, often different models yield diverging causal claims about specific phenomena. Therefore, critical reflection is needed on insights derived from modeling. As an example, we here compare ecological dealing with the dynamics and collapse of cod Baltic Sea. The addressed questions, but also vary system conceptualization complexity. With each model, certain factors mechanisms were analyzed detail,...
In social-ecological systems (SES), where social and ecological processes are intertwined, phenomena usually complex involve multiple interdependent causes. Figuring out causal relationships is thus challenging but needed to better understand then affect or manage such systems. One important widely used tool identify communicate visualization. Here, we present several common visualization types: diagrams of objects arrows, X-Y plots, X-Y-Z discuss them in view the particular challenges...
In this paper, some conceptual issues are addressed in order to make sense of what string theory is supposed tell us about spacetime. The dualities used as a starting point for our argumentation. We explore the consequences standard view towards these dualities, namely that dual descriptions represent same physical situation. Given view, one has understand manner such counts spacetime based only on shared content—or common core—of descriptions. general spatiotemporal picture does not have...
Abstract In this article I argue for an empiricist view on laws. Some laws are fundamental in the sense that they result of inductive generalisations observed regularities and at same time their formulation contain a new theoretical predicate. The simultaneously function as implicit definitions these predicates. Other either explicit or consequences other previously established discuss classical mechanics, relativity theory electromagnetism detail. Laws necessary, whereas accidental not. But...
Jan Faye gives in this book an account of the evolution thinking and knowledge acquisition. It began with primitive animals only a few hundreds neurons sense organs by which they experienced their surroundings. Their rudimentary neuronal system enabled them to learn act response intakes. Evolution then produced more advanced animals, complex processing experiences regulation actions. Finally, one species, Homo sapiens, invented language that distribution among individuals much faster...