Errors are common in the pursuit of knowledge, and correcting them always reveals further and better problems. In each case, Deutsch tracks how we form new explanations and drop bad ones, explaining the conditions under which progress can and cannot happen. He takes us on a journey through virtually every fundamental field of science, as well as art, moral values, the history of civilisation, and the theory of political institutions Now in The Beginning of Infinity, Deutsch applies that worldview to a wide range of issues and unsolved problems. In his previous book The Fabric of Reality, Deutsch described the four deepest strands of existing knowledge – the theories of evolution, quantum physics, knowledge, and computation – arguing that they jointly reveal a unified fabric of reality. The resulting stream of ever-improving explanations has potentially infinite reach : we are subject only to the laws of physics, and they impose no upper limit to what we can eventually understand, control, and achieve.
They have unlimited scope and power to cause change, and the quest to improve them is the basic regulating principle not only of science but also of all successful human endeavour. In this seminal book, the award-winning physicist and critically acclaimed author David Deutsch argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe.
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