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Bertrand Russell is fundamentally linked to physics through his philosophical analysis of the field, specifically arguing that physics describes only the mathematical and relational properties of matter while remaining silent on its intrinsic nature, as evidenced by [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], and [7].
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quoteBertrand Russell stated: "physics describes 'certain equations giving abstract properties of their changes'."
quoteBertrand Russell stated: "When it comes to describing 'what it is that changes, and what it changes from and to—as to this, physics is silent'."
claimBertrand Russell argued that physics is mathematical because only mathematical properties are discoverable.
quoteBertrand Russell stated in 'An Outline of Philosophy' (1927): 'Physics is mathematical, not because we know so much about the physical world, but because we know so little: it is only its mathematical properties that we can discover. For the rest our knowledge is negative.'
Critique of Panpsychism: Philosophical Coherence and Scientific ... thequran.love 2 facts
claimPhilip Goff and Galen Strawson advocate for a neo-Russellian monist view of consciousness, which is based on Bertrand Russell's insight that physics reveals the structure of matter but not its intrinsic character.
claimBertrand Russell and Arthur Eddington developed the notion that physics reveals only the relational properties of things, rather than their intrinsic nature.
Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 1 fact
claimBertrand Russell (1926), Grover Maxwell (1978), and Michael Lockwood (1989) developed the idea that physics characterizes basic entities only extrinsically through causes and effects, leaving their intrinsic nature unspecified.