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quote:our-goal-is-nothing-less-than-a-complete-description-of-the-universe-we-live-in-a-complete-unified-theory-that-would-cover-everything-in-the-universeOur goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in. ... a complete unified theory that would cover everything in the universe.
Hawking's statement of the ambition of physics, which Alexander uses to show that a theory of everything that omits self is incomplete.
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- Mechanistic cosmologysupportsThe dominant scientific world-picture treating matter as inert, lifeless mechanism obeying mathematical laws, originating with Bacon, Descartes, Newton.
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