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Tim,
although I hold Dyson among the "great Minds" of
contemporary physical sciences, (more than just a
great physicist) I also hold him as a citadel
(pharos?)
of the reductionistic sciences.
Dangerous, because he is so good.
Just for a caution to any of us when
reading.
John M
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:32
AM
Subject: Freeman Dyson - Godel &
science as inexhaustable
In the May 13,
2004 New York Review of Books, Freeman Dyson writes a review of Briane
Greene's book on theoretical physics and string theory, The Fabric
of the Cosmos. Dyson's review discusses several areas beyond the
book per se, including the place of analytic and synthetic in science and the
ramifications of Godel's incompleteness theorems for any hopes of a
"Theory of Everything".
The review is
available here:
I heard of this
review from a recent post on the Foundations of Mathematics [FOM]
archives. I imagine they will discuss the validity and extent of the role of
Godel's theorem's to theoretical physics in more detail
there:
Regards,
Tim
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