Microcosmology Atom in Jain Philosophy and Modern Science

Author(s): Jethalal S Zaveri, Mahendramuni
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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Microcosmology : Atom
Dr. Bell's' theorem supports Bohr's position and proves rigourously that Einstein's view of physical reality as consisting of independent, specially separated elements is incompatible with the laws of quantum theory. Dr. Bell's theorem is a mathematical construct which is indecipherable to the non-mathematician. It was reworked and refined over the following ten years, until it emerged in its present form which is dramatic, to say the least. Some physicists are convinced that it is the most important single work in the history of physics. One of the implications of Dr. Bell's thcroem is that at a deep and fundamental level. "the separate parts of the universe are connected in an intimate, and immediate way. It unambiguously proves that the Universe is fundamentally inter-connected, intcr- dependent and inscparable system.
B. TOWARDS PHILOSOPHY
LIMITATION OF KNOWLEDGE
In 1927, the most famous group of international physicists in history decided that it might never be possible to explain all aspects of physical reality. Since then a tidal wave of knowledge has swept over us for more than half-a-century.
Recently, a small group of physicists found it necessary to acknowledge that it might not be possible to constuct a model of physical reality. This acknowledgement is a recognition emerging throughout the west that knowledge itself is limited. In other words, it is a recognition of the difference between knowledge and wisdom. In fact most physicists today side with Bohr rather than with Einstein, on the question of the utility of sceking a model of a physical reality, that can be conceived of independently of our experience of it. Effort to understand the quantum theory more decply is not productive for science but leads to perplexity which appears to most physicists to be more philosophical than physical.
To summarize, classical science liad concerned itself with how separate parts which together constitute physical reality are related. Newton's great work showed that the earth, the moon
1. Dr. Bell is a physicist at the European Centre for Nuclear Research (ECNR)
in Switzerland.