While the new physics was developing in the 20th century, the mechanistic Cartesian world view and the principles of Newtonian physics maintained their strong influence on Western scientific thinking, and even today many scientists still hold to the mechanistic paradigm, although physicists themselves have gone beyond it.
However, the new conception of the universe that has emerged from modern physics does not mean that Newtonian physics is wrong, or that quantum theory, or relativity theory, is right. Modern science has come to realize that all scientific theories are approximations to the true nature of reality; and that each theory is valid for a certain range of phenomena.


p. 93. - The Turning Point (1982)

Fritjof Capra Quotes

While the new physics was developing in the 20th century, the mechanistic Cartesian world view and the principles of Newtonian physics maintained...

While the new physics was developing in the 20th century, the mechanistic Cartesian world view and the principles of Newtonian physics maintained...

While the new physics was developing in the 20th century, the mechanistic Cartesian world view and the principles of Newtonian physics maintained...

While the new physics was developing in the 20th century, the mechanistic Cartesian world view and the principles of Newtonian physics maintained...