Dialectical Materialism vs. "The New Physics"

by Mike Gimbel

“Causality. The first thing that strikes us in considering matter in motion is the inter-connection of the individual motions of separate bodies, their being determined by one another.”[21] “…and that a theory of matter based on mere attraction is false, inadequate, and one sided…The whole theory of gravitation rests on saying that attraction is the essence of matter. This is necessarily false. Where there is attraction, it must be complemented by repulsion.”[22] “Newtonian attraction and centrifugal force – an example of metaphysical thinking: the problem not solved but only posed, and this preached as the solution. Newtonian gravitation: The best that can be said of it is that it does not explain but pictures the present state of planetary motion. The motion is given. Ditto the force of attraction of the sun. With these data, how is the motion to be explained?...That is to say, assuming the eternal character of the existing state, we need a first impulse, God.”