Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Einstein, Albert and Infeld , Leopold (1971-11-30), The Evolution of Physics, CUP Archive, Retrieved on 2012-04-28
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    Memes

    28 APR 2012

     The Idea of Objective Truth

    Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world. In our endeavour to understand reality we are somewhat like a man trying to understand the mechanism of a closed watch. He sees the face and the moving hands, even hears its ticking, but he has no way of opening the case. If he is ingenious he may form some picture of a mechanism which could be responsible for all the things he observes, but he may never be quit...
    Folksonomies: truth objective truth
    Folksonomies: truth objective truth
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    Is still like trying to figure out the inner workings of a watch without being able to look inside of it.

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