Ontic closure and the hierarchy of scale
The Newtonian, universalist world view is incompatible with the notion of ontological indeterminacy. A hierarchical, or granular perspective, however, reveals how the consequences of pure chance, at scales for removed from those at which the event occurs, can be mitigated.
Ulanowicz
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Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland, Solomons, USA.