Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Document Type

Preprint

Publication Date

Fall 11-3-2017

Abstract

This paper is intended to be a follow-up to our previous paper with title: "Reinterpreting Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius: On the antirealism tendency in modern physics." We will give more background for our propositions in the previous paper. Our message here is quite simple: allow us to remind fellow physicists and cosmologists to become more aware of Berkeley-idealism tendency, which can lead us to so many distractions instead of bringing us closer to the truth. We observe that much of the progress of modern physics in the last few decades only makes us as confused as before, but at a much higher level. In the last section, we will give some examples of how we can do something better than existing practice of physics in the past.

Language (ISO)

English

Keywords

realism-antirealism discourse, modern physics, theoretical physics, modern cosmology

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