![]() Geometry that fails to follow Euclid's assumptions is, according to Kant, literally inconceivable.įrank Wilczek, "No, Truth Isn't Dead," The Wall Street Journal, June 24-25, 2017, p.C4.įrank Wilczek is a Nobel Laureate physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also holding honors or positions at other institutions. Impressed by the beauty and success of Euclidean geometry, philosophers - most notably Immanuel Kant - tried to elevate its assumptions to the status of metaphysical Truths. Why is it so hard to accept, intuitively, that life and mind can emerge from matter?įrank Wilczek, "A Light Show of Thought," The Wall Street Journal, February 27-28, 2016. Fundamentals, Ten Keys to Reality, by Frank Wilczek, 2021 Fundamentals, Ten Keys to Reality by Frank Wilczek Penguin Press, New York, 2021 ![]()
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