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Are Particles 'Physical Things' or 'Abstract Ideas'?

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RE: Are Particles 'Physical Things' or 'Abstract Ideas'?

April 12, 2015 at 5:57 pm

As long as we describe them in the language of mathematics, they will be unreal.

What would it mean to say that a particle is real? How would you describe its realityness?

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