Periodicals>Journal Article:  Petersen, Aage (1963), The Philosophy of Niels Bohr, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 19, 10, Retrieved on 2012-01-19
Folksonomies: physics philosophy

Memes

19 JAN 2012

 Humans Depend on Language

What is that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others.
Folksonomies: communication language
Folksonomies: communication language
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Quoting Niels Bohr on the complications of communication.

19 JAN 2012

 Physics is About Describing Nature

When asked ... [about] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum physical description. It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we can say about Nature.'
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Not about what nature is.

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