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Ideas for 'Function and Concept', 'Aesthetic as Science of Expression' and 'Reality is Not What it Seems'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

20469	There are probably no infinities, and 'infinite' names what we do not yet know [Rovelli]
	Full Idea: 'Infinite', ultimately, is the name that we give to what we do not yet know. Nature appears to be telling us that there is nothing truly infinite.
	From: Carlo Rovelli (Reality is Not What it Seems [2014], 11)

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited

20461	The basic ideas of fields and particles are merged in quantum mechanics [Rovelli]
	Full Idea: The notions of fields and particles, separated by Faraday and Maxwell, end up merging in quantum mechanics.
	From: Carlo Rovelli (Reality is Not What it Seems [2014], 04)
	A reaction: This sounds to me just like Anaximander's 'apeiron' - the unlimited [Rovelli agrees! p.168]. Anaximander predicted the wall which enquiry would hit, but we now have more detail.