“But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers.” IfsWayShouldMayShowsWaterConversationSummerFlowMereRaisedThemeMechanic Author:William Cowper
“...the physicist cannot simply surrender to the philosopher the critical contemplation of the theoretical foundations; for, he himself knows best, and feels more surely where the shoe pinches...Physical conceptions are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.” KnowsWorldFeelsMindHumansMaySeemsScienceCreationFoundationShoesPhilosopherCriticalDeterminedSurrenderContemplationHuman MindConceptionMechanicPhysicistTheoreticalQuantum Mechanics Author:Albert Einstein
“Is the world ruled by strict laws or not? This question I regard as metaphysical. The laws we find are always hypotheses; which means that they may always be superseded, and that they may possibly be deduced from probability estimates. Yet denying causality would be the same as attempting to persuade the theorist to give up his search; and that such an attempt cannot be backed by anything like a proof.” WorldGivingMayMeanWould BeLawScienceGiving UpRegardProofStrictProbabilityMetaphysicalMechanicHypothesisAttemptingQuantum MechanicsTheoristsCausalityStrict Laws Book:The Logic of Scientific Discovery Source: The Logic of Scientific Discovery
“Solipsism may be logically consistent with present Quantum Mechanics, Monism in the sense of Materialism is not.” MayConsistentMaterialismQuantumMechanicQuantum MechanicsSolipsism Book:Philosophical Reflections and Syntheses Source: Philosophical Reflections and Syntheses