My View Of The World

The article discusses the philosophical views of Nobel prize winner and scientist Erwin Schr*dinger on the nature of the world. He believes in a single consciousness, influenced by Indian Vedanta writings, and sees all individuals as different aspects of this consciousness. This view is considered mystical and metaphysical, but Schr*dinger argues that the belief in an external world is also based on faith rather than logical deduction. This perspective leads to a philosophy of reverence for life.

A Nobel prize winner, a great man and a great scientist, Erwin Schr*dinger has made his mark in physics, but his eye scans a far wider horizon: here are two stimulating and discursive essays which summarize his philosophical views on the nature of the world. Schr*dinger's world view, derived from the Indian writings of the Vedanta, is that there is only a single consciousness of which we are all different aspects. He admits that this view is mystical and metaphysical and incapable of logical deduction. But he also insists that this is true of the belief in an external world capable of influencing the mind and of being influenced by it. Schr*dinger's world view leads naturally to a philosophy of reverence for life.