Vol. 11, No 2, 2012, pp. 211 - 221
UDC 113+124.1
THE NOTION OF CHAOS: FROM THE COSMOGONICAL CHAOS OF ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT TO THE CHAOS THEORY OF MODERN PHYSICS
Efstratios Theodossiou1, Konstantinos Kalachanis1, Bassilios N. Manimanis1, Milan S. Dimitrijević2
1Department of Astrophysics-Astronomy and Mechanics, School of Physics,
University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, Athens, Greece
Email: etheodos@phys.uoa.gr
2Astronomical Observatory, Belgrade, Serbia
Due to the importance of modern science, the appearance of the notion of Chaos in ancient Greek cosmogonies and philosophical thought and the evolution of its meaning has been studied in this paper. In addition, a comparison has been made with the meaning of this important notion in modern Theory of Chaos.
Key words: Orpheus, Phanes, Cosmogony, chaos, Chaos Theory, fractals.
POJAM HAOSA: OD KOSMOGONIJSKOG HAOSA U STAROJ GRČKOJ FILOSOFSKOJ MISLI DO TEORIJE HAOSA U MODERNOJ FIZICI
Razmotren je nastanak pojma haos u starim grčkim kosmogonijama i filosofskoj misli i evolucija njegovog značenja. Takođe je značenje ovog važnog pojma upoređeno sa onim u modernoj Teoriji haosa.
Ključne reči: Orfej, Fanes, Kosmogonija, haos, Teorija haosa, fraktali.
