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Rein Vihalemm Quotes

d. 2015 Estonia

Rein Vihalemm (December 9, 1938 - July 18, 2015) was an Estonian chemist and philosopher of science, known for his reception of the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn.

Estonia
Chemists

Also known as: Vihalemm, Rein

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The most essential example of the theory of self-organisation in chemistry is the theory of non-linear, non-equilibrium thermodynamics of chemical reactions presented by Prigogine and his co-workers.

The scientific world picture does not include … things that have not been constructed, that are not understood as artefacts … Instead of the final cause one starts to speak about purpose, which nature itself does not have. Only humans can set aims and achieve them by their activities if they know the laws of nature and set up various processes based on them and organise them purposively.

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