Scientific Philosophy
Sci-ence - the dictionary definition ?
1. a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of
facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the
operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
2. systematic knowledge of the physical or material
world gained through observation and experimentation.
3. any of the branches of natural or physical science.
4. systematized knowledge in general.
5. knowledge, as of facts or principles; knowledge gained by
systematic study.
6. a particular branch of knowledge.
7. skill, esp. reflecting a precise application of facts or
principles; proficiency. The repetition of an experiment
constantly producing the same results.
A hundred years ago, it appeared that there could be no compromise between science and religion. Science stated that scientific truths could be tested and verified through experiments, whereas religion seemed to demand that spiritual truths be accepted on the basis of faith alone. Science and religion had different views about the nature of reality. Religious people viewed reality as spiritual but science argued that everything could be reduced to and explained by the interactions of independently existing atoms and the physical forces that acted on them.
As far as science goes, the discoveries of quantum physics have shattered our worldview. Orthodox science makes a number of assumptions about the world. These were unquestioned until Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity shook the foundations of classical physics. We now know that the behavior of the smallest particles of matter doesn't comply with previously known and accepted physics laws. There is more to life than the movement of atoms considering the discoveries offered by modern science.
It's important to remember that there are many different interpretations of quantum physics, some of them more mystical sounding than others. Although physicists favor some interpretations over others, their choices aren't based on scientific evidence because there's no scientific proof for any one interpretation.
Both quantum physicists and mystics see the nature of the universe as lying outside the parameters set by classical science. The way that many physicists describe the universe often appears indistinguishable from how mystics talk about it.
To explain properties of physical systems, quantum physicists have had deal with paradoxes. For example, light can be thought of in terms of both waves and particles.
Physicists have been trying to explain how quantum possibilities can condense into one concrete actuality, called the collapsing the wave function. Some, including Eugene Wigner suggested and demonstrated that consciousness was the key to the process.
The concept of unification of opposites can be seen in the subatomic levels, where matter is both destructible and indestructible, continuous and discontinuous, particle and wave.
The new discoveries of science are taking us into territory previously explored by mystics. These new discoveries are actually thousands of years old. There is now the possibility of a worldview in which both science and mysticism can be seen as distinct but complementary ways of exploring the same underlying reality.
As you visit the Lyceum Studios' various pages this will become more understandable.
Web site contents © Copyright Lyceum Studios March. 2009
Sci-ence - the dictionary definition ?
1. a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of
facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the
operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
2. systematic knowledge of the physical or material
world gained through observation and experimentation.
3. any of the branches of natural or physical science.
4. systematized knowledge in general.
5. knowledge, as of facts or principles; knowledge gained by
systematic study.
6. a particular branch of knowledge.
7. skill, esp. reflecting a precise application of facts or
principles; proficiency. The repetition of an experiment
constantly producing the same results.
A hundred years ago, it appeared that there could be no compromise between science and religion. Science stated that scientific truths could be tested and verified through experiments, whereas religion seemed to demand that spiritual truths be accepted on the basis of faith alone. Science and religion had different views about the nature of reality. Religious people viewed reality as spiritual but science argued that everything could be reduced to and explained by the interactions of independently existing atoms and the physical forces that acted on them.
As far as science goes, the discoveries of quantum physics have shattered our worldview. Orthodox science makes a number of assumptions about the world. These were unquestioned until Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity shook the foundations of classical physics. We now know that the behavior of the smallest particles of matter doesn't comply with previously known and accepted physics laws. There is more to life than the movement of atoms considering the discoveries offered by modern science.
It's important to remember that there are many different interpretations of quantum physics, some of them more mystical sounding than others. Although physicists favor some interpretations over others, their choices aren't based on scientific evidence because there's no scientific proof for any one interpretation.
Both quantum physicists and mystics see the nature of the universe as lying outside the parameters set by classical science. The way that many physicists describe the universe often appears indistinguishable from how mystics talk about it.
To explain properties of physical systems, quantum physicists have had deal with paradoxes. For example, light can be thought of in terms of both waves and particles.
Physicists have been trying to explain how quantum possibilities can condense into one concrete actuality, called the collapsing the wave function. Some, including Eugene Wigner suggested and demonstrated that consciousness was the key to the process.
The concept of unification of opposites can be seen in the subatomic levels, where matter is both destructible and indestructible, continuous and discontinuous, particle and wave.
The new discoveries of science are taking us into territory previously explored by mystics. These new discoveries are actually thousands of years old. There is now the possibility of a worldview in which both science and mysticism can be seen as distinct but complementary ways of exploring the same underlying reality.
As you visit the Lyceum Studios' various pages this will become more understandable.
Web site contents © Copyright Lyceum Studios March. 2009