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Science Miseducation in A Private Universe

FEB 01, 2004
Michael Riordan

Riordan replies: The question of what is “real” has been debated—and will continue to be debated—by philosophers for centuries. If nothing is real except for observations, as Richard Henry states in his last sentence, then quantum mechanics itself must not be real or true. Therefore, his strict empiricist conclusion rests on very shaky ground.

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Michael Riordan, University of California, Santa Cruz, US .

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Volume 57, Number 2

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