Some one claimed that physicists where claiming a connection with metaphysics. Is there any truth in that whatsoever? If so, how would they relate?
2007-08-21 08:17:58 · 3 answers · asked by hb12 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
If we want to know the boundaries of our field you have to look on the other side of the fence to see the whole fence. The greatest scientists use intuition. We can learn about one box by comparing similarities with other boxes, they all seem to relate? They're expecting a mind shift. Getting the same results, reverse thinking. The mind thinks in pictures. excludes nothing, compares billions of images and notes discrepancies. Much better in some ways.Fantasy is necessary to get outside 'reality' to see where it can be added to or taken away from. I didn't think physicits's recognized that, but I guess their keeping up with neuro-biology and the other disciplines better than the average bear.
2007-08-21 11:39:20 · update #1
One definition of metaphysics in my Webster's 2nd Unabridged is "the branch of philosophy that deals with first principles and seeks to explain the nature of being or reality (ontology) and of the origin and structure of the world (cosmology) : it is closely associated with a theory of knowledge (epistomology)."
When physists start arguing over how the universe got started and what happened in the first infinitesimal fraction of a second, the discussion is likely to get into metaphysical concepts, particularly cosmology. If not actually discussed, there will also be some epistomological questions (How do we know?) rattling around in the bacground. Nuclear physicists theorize about and experiment with the fundamental stuff of which the universe is made, another connection with metaphysics.
2007-08-21 09:18:16 · answer #1 · answered by devilsadvocate1728 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A real scientist, a Physicist, thinks along the Scientific Method, which requires you to "prove" beyond any reasonable doubt that a statement, a phenomenon, a law, is true. This implies designing an experiment and be able to execute it to verify the facts under test at will, that is on command any time you choose so.....and metaphysics "usually" can't do that.........for some reason........
I - as a physicist - am *very* wary of physicists who are into metaphysics.........
2007-08-21 16:25:06 · answer #2 · answered by franz_himself 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are they aren't true physicists.
2007-08-26 12:08:27 · answer #3 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋