Werner Heisenberg Quote

The ontology of materialism rested upon the illusion that the kind of existence, the direct "actuality" of the world around us, can be extrapolated into the atomic range. This extrapolation is impossible, however.


Physics and philosophy: the revolution in modern science (ed. Harpercollins College Div, 1962)


The ontology of materialism rested upon the illusion that the kind of existence, the direct actuality of the world around us, can be extrapolated...

The ontology of materialism rested upon the illusion that the kind of existence, the direct actuality of the world around us, can be extrapolated...

The ontology of materialism rested upon the illusion that the kind of existence, the direct actuality of the world around us, can be extrapolated...

The ontology of materialism rested upon the illusion that the kind of existence, the direct actuality of the world around us, can be extrapolated...