Back when we had the revolutions in physics in the first part of the 20th century in Europe, people like Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger and others were very well educated in philosophy, and it informed their work as physicists. Then there was this pragmatic turn, where the dominant mode of physics became anti-foundational, anti-philosophy. Intrigued about where all this might be heading? Check out this interview with physicist Lee Smolin about his thoughts on where quantum mechanics, relativity and cosmology converge.
