Peirce and Anaximander

[CyrusGeo at netscape.net]

Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:

>Otto wrote:
>
>> Or is it that he just could not accept what he had found out because it
>> proved to be contrary to his religious beliefs?
>
>He did not seem to have any problems with his own theories. But the theory of
>relativity may be seen as only an extension of Newtonian physics, whereas
>quantum mechanics  undermine the whole idea of a clockwork universe. Someone
>please correct me if I'm wrong. How all this is related to religious belief I
>cannot say.

I am no expert, of course, but, from what I've read, the laws of Newtonian physics simply don't apply on a sub-atomic level. Quantum mechanics has a totally different set of *rules*. I have read in various articles that Einstein was not at all comfortable with the notion of quantum physics, and it did bother him religion-wise. But, there really was no need for him to worry. If a person needs an omnipotent and omnipresent God, he/she will always find a way to incorporate Him in everything, including quantum physics.

Cyrus


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