Physics’ pursuit of objectivity paradoxically de-materialized nature

Evidence

In a paradoxical development, the scientific efforts to establish the rigid objectivity of nature led to an increasing de-materialization of nature: “The idea of infinite nature existing as such, this idea that we have to give up, is the myth of modern science. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 575

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Magic preserved concrete particularity that science flattens into interchangeable matter; Operationalism in physics parallels behaviorism in social science — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 132; Modern physics reframes reality as instrumentality rather than being — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 565 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• The mechanical worldview reduced environment from complex existence to mere material object #complicates (0.75) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 487