(2019-03-08, 12:11 AM)Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: Are you sure that physics not claiming to explain ultimate causes isn't just an admission of something that cannot actually be done?
Yes I'm sure. Physics is about relations, without explaining relata, so it only makes sense it cannot explain intrinsic properties like causal power.
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
- Bertrand Russell