Werner Heisenberg
1901–1976
“Uncertainty — what we know depends on what we ask.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TETrust in Experience9 / 10
- TRTrust in Reason7 / 10
- TDTheoretical Drive7 / 10
- VAVital Affirmation6 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Erwin SchrödingerCARTOGRAPHER
What is Life? — the order from order across the boundary of physics.
- Wolfgang PauliCARTOGRAPHER
Exclusion principle; Jungian correspondence on synchronicity.
- Niels BohrCARTOGRAPHER
Complementarity — wave and particle held together by the question asked.
- Frank JacksonCARTOGRAPHER
Mary's Room — what physicalism leaves out about the redness of red.
- AnaximenesPILGRIM
Air is the underlying substance, condensing and rarefying into all phenomena.
- Christiaan HuygensCARTOGRAPHER
Pendulum clocks, wave optics, plurality of inhabited worlds.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Werner Heisenberg's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Werner Heisenberg or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREWerner Heisenberg vs Erwin SchrödingerOn Mull's map Erwin Schrödinger sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶