Abstract
PROF. WILDON CARR has for a number of years been busily engaged in ringing the death-knell of materialism. I was therefore not a little surprised to read in NATURE (October 20) his statement that Einstein's theory was the “death-knell of materialism.” I thought, from my previous acquaintance with Prof. Carr's writings, that Bergson, Groce, and others had already done all that was necessary in that direction. But no! Prof. Carr has resuscitated it for the express purpose of killing it once more. That unfortunate doctrine seems to exist mainly for the purpose of being periodically-slaughtered by professors of-metaphysics; and we are led to the conviction that materialism must have very singular properties to survive so many tragic executions.
Similar content being viewed by others
Article PDF
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
ELLIOT, H. Relativity and Materialism. Nature 108, 432 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108432a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/108432a0
Comments
By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.