"What we observe is not nature itself, but
nature exposed to our method of questioning.
nature exposed to our method of questioning.
...
The ontology of materialism rested upon
the illusion that the kind of existence,
the direct 'actuality' of the world around us,
can be extrapolated into the atomic range.
This extrapolation, however, is impossible...
Atoms are not things.
the illusion that the kind of existence,
the direct 'actuality' of the world around us,
can be extrapolated into the atomic range.
This extrapolation, however, is impossible...
Atoms are not things.
...
Whenever we proceed from the known into the unknown
we may hope to understand, but we may have to learn
at the same time a new meaning
of the word 'understanding."
we may hope to understand, but we may have to learn
at the same time a new meaning
of the word 'understanding."
- Werner Heisenberg (1901 - 1976)
Physics and Philosophy
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