Albert Einstein on Mathematics
← Back to Albert Einstein ProfileEinstein's reflection on the inherent tension between mathematical certainty and its applicability to the real world, as highlighted by Popper, underscores the limitations of pure abstraction.
“In so far as theories of mathematics speak about reality, they are not certain, and in so far as they are certain, they do not speak about reality.”
“It is my conviction that pure mathematical construction enables us to discover the concepts and the laws connecting them, which give us the key to the understanding of the phenomena of Nature.”