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WERNER HEISENBERG
Physics and
Philosophy
‘THE REVOLUTION IN MODERN SCIENCE
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‘wont rensrecrives is plan to present short books ina variety
Of field by the most responsible of contemporary thinkers. The
purpose is to reveal basic new trends in modern civilization, to
Interpret the creative forces at workin the East as well asi the
West, and to point to the new consciousness which can contr
bute toa deeper understanding of the interrelation of man and
the universe, the individual and society, and of the values shared
by all people. WoRLD pexsrscrivis represents the world com-
‘munity of ideas ina universe of discourse, emphasising the prin-
ciple of unity in mankind, of permanence within change.
Recent developments in many fields of thought have opened
unsuspected prospects for a deeper understanding of man's situa-
tion and for a proper appreciation of human values and human
aspirations. These prospects, though the outcome of purely
specialized seuies in limited fields, require for their analysis and
synthesis a new structure and frame in which they can be ex:
plored, enriched and advanced in all their aspects fr the benefit
‘of man and society. Such structure and frame itis the endeavour
(of WORLD PERSPECTIVES to define leading hopefully to a doctrine
of man,
A further purpose of this Series is to attempt to overcome a
principal ailment of humanity, namely, the effects of the atomi-
zation of knowiedge produced by the overwhelming accretion of|
facts which science has created; to clarify and synthesise ideas
through the depth fertilization of minds; to show from diverse
and important points of view the correlation of ideas, facts and
values which are in perpetual interplay: to demonstrate the
‘character, kinship, logic and operation of the entre organism of
reality while showing the persistent interrelationship of the
processes of the human mind andin the interstices of knowledge,
{oreveal the inner synthesis and organic unity of life itself.
Its the thesis of woanp rensrecrves that in spite of the6 (WORLD PERSPECTIVES
Aiference and diversity of the disciplines represented. there
‘exists strong common agreement among ts authors concerning
‘the overwhelming need for counterbalancing the multitude of
compelling scientific activities and investigations of objective
phenomena from physics to metaphysics, history and biology
land to relate these to meaningful experience. To provide this
balance, itis necessary to stimulate an awareness of the basic
fact that ultimately the individual human personality must tle
all the loose ends together into an organic whole, must relate
bimself to himself, to mankind and society while deepening and
enhancing his communion with the universe. To anchor this
spirit and to impress it onthe intellectual and spiritual life of
hhumanity, on thinkers and doers alike, is indeed an enormous
challenge and cannot be left entirely ether to natural science
‘on the one hand or to organized religion on the other. For we
are confronted with the unbending necessity to discover a
principle of aiferentiation yet relatedness lucid enough to justify
‘nd purify scientific, philosophic and all ther knowledge while
accepting their mutual interdependence. This is the crisis in
‘consciousness made articulate through the criss in science. This
is the new awakening.
‘This Series is committed to the recognition that all great
‘changes are preceded by a vigorous intellectual reevaluation and
reorganization. Our authors are aware that thesin of hubris may
bbeavoided by showing tha the creative processitselfisnota free
activity ifby free we mean arbitrary or unrelated to cesmic law.
For the creative process in the human mind, the development
process in organic nature and the basic laws of the inorganic
realm may be but varied expressions of a universal formative
process. Thus WORLD FERSPECTVES hopes to show that although
the present apocalytic period isone of exceptional tensions, there
is also an exceptional movement at work towards a compen
sating unity which cannot violate the ultimate moral power
pervading the universe, that very power on which all human
effort must at lst depend. In this way, we may come to under-
stand that there exsts an independence of spiritual and mental
growth which though conditioned by circumstances is never