“Bottom up thinkers try to start from experience and move from experience to understanding. They don't start with certain general principles they think beforehand are likely to be true; they just hope to find out what reality is like.Quote by John PolkinghorneTopics: Quotes about John PolkinghorneShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
So Whitehead's metaphysics doesn't fit very well on to physics as we understand the process...#John Polkinghorne
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