Decoding Schrödinger’s Metaphysics

One of the greatest minds in quantum physics and, one can say, philosophy, develops a view of reality that shows how our understanding of consciousness leads to Hindu Vedanta philosophy and dual aspect monism.

It’s ironic that Austria’s Nobel winning physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961) is mostly associated today in the general public’s mind with cats: cats that are simultaneously alive and dead. He created the famous thought experiment to show just how “ridiculous” the theory of quantum mechanics was — a theory to which he made one of the most important contributions, the mathematics of the quantum wave function.

The importance of Schrödinger’s equation cannot be overstated. As the Britannica entry concludes, it is the equivalent in the world of quantum physics to Newton’s laws of motion in the world of classical physics. It is this equation that has been used to develop the technological revolutions that characterize our world.

Schrödinger was one of the most brilliant physicists who contributed to the new science of the microworld, replacing Max Planck at the University of Berlin. But beyond that he was one of the most innovative thinkers in a variety of fields with broad interests and in-depth knowledge of the history of science including the science of the ancient Greeks. His writings were characterized by his great depth and…