Deterministic is a definite

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:41

Definitions are limiting, aren't they? They highlight only the most important, cutting off much else. The word "determine" comes from the English determine - determine. It has a distinct "strength" component. In Russian, this rigidity is not strongly felt, but in the original language there is the word determination - a very strong desire to do this or that action, unshakable determination. Deterministic means hard-coded.

Why frames?

The concept itself came to the Russian language from the sphere of mathematical terms. There is a lot of mathematics in economics, so the word can be found in relevant textbooks. Those who do not know it will be confused and will not understand much of the technical literature.

For young scientists, the word all the more belongs to the category of obligatory assimilation. One of the tasks of science is to reduce the uncertainty in human knowledge about the world, therefore the limitation of possibilities is determination. The result is a narrowing of the value- and at the output we have the concept of deterministic. It is nothing but "certain".

Own what?

This word is not used without indicating the source of determination, that is, the directing or limiting agent. For example, deterministic factors are factors that have been influenced. It is usually specified which one. Violent-determined behavior is behavior caused and conditioned by a distressing influence. Be sure to explain which factor became the trigger, otherwise the linguistic construction will be incomplete.

Black Swan and Markets

In economics, they say that this or that behavior of the market was caused by certain actions. Ironically, most of these conclusions are made after it's all over, and then they say the word "deterministic."

This is not only a problem of the economy, but in it it manifests itself especially brightly. Niklas Nassim Taleb, an influential contemporary philosopher and friend of David Cameron, argues that the financial industry is subject to so-called "black swans" - significant events affecting many people, the scale of which is unpredictable. Most of the spheres of life are not subject to order, so why not leave the term "deterministic" to pure mathematics? This would allow the word to be applied much more accurately.

Choose the right method

Consider another example of the use of the word. Take "deterministic method". This phrase should be used when the approach to the solution is necessarychoose based on the conditions of the task. That is, the number of methods is narrowed. For example, it is extremely undesirable to solve complex mathematical problems by the selection method, at least manually. "Guessing" with the help of a computer in some cases can be justified, but even in this case we say that the approach to solving the problem is determined by its features, we cannot take any method and get the result.

Outside of science - rarely

Does the concept of determination have a depressing effect on you? Well, it is used in a very narrow sense and only in a scientific style. That is, it is unlikely that you will encounter him often - if you hear a word from the podium, it means that a scientist with burning eyes was mistakenly let in for her.

But the concept of "deterministic" helps to reduce the chaos in the knowledge of mankind, at least it claims to. And if we are talking only about narrow mathematical knowledge, then its use will be justified and meaningful.

The word "deterministic" will be useful to the authors of term papers and theses, and not only in the fields of exact sciences. There are also borderline sciences in which this concept is welcomed - linguistics, medicine. Only now, during a feast, it’s better not to use this word - they won’t understand. The exception is the Nobel Banquet. There, for sure, everyone will like this word.