The determinism of the physical laws simply reflects the determinism of the method of inference. This soulless nature of the scientific world need no… - Arthur Eddington

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The determinism of the physical laws simply reflects the determinism of the method of inference. This soulless nature of the scientific world need not worry those who are persuaded that the main significances of our environment are of a more spiritual character.

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About Arthur Eddington

Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington OM FRS (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was an English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. He was also a philosopher of science and a populariser of science. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour.

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Native Name: sir Arthur Stanley Eddington
Alternative Names: Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington Sir Arthur Eddington
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The desire for truth so prominent in the quest of science, a reaching out of the spirit from its isolation to something beyond, a response to beauty in nature and art, an Inner Light of conviction and guidance — are these as much a part of our being as our sensitivity to sense impressions?

For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal.

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