Ilya Prigogine Quote

The denial of becoming by physics estranged science from philosophy... [and] became a dogmatic assertion directed against all those (chemists, biologists, physicians) for whom a qualitative diversity existed in nature... Today we believe that the epoch of certainties and absolute oppositions is over. Physicists belong to their culture, to which, in their turn, they make an essential contribution.

Cited in: L.P. Foch (1997) "Some Philosophical Influences on Ilya Prigogine's Statistical Mechanics", at georgetown.edu. - Order Out of Chaos: Man's New Dialogue with Nature (1984)

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