Einstein vs Bohr Viewed Through Systemic Functional Linguistics

Robinson (2005: 100):

For quantum theory maintains that reality is dependent on the observer. In science, said Einstein, "we ought to be concerned solely with what nature does." Bohr, however, insisted that it was "wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we can say about nature."

Blogger Comments:

From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic Theory, quantum theory maintains that reality is the meaning construed of experience, rather than the experience that is construed as meaning. That is, quantum theory supports the 'immanent' approach to meaning, rather than the 'transcendent' approach.

From this perspective, "how nature is", and Einstein's "what natures does", are construals of experience as meaning, whereas Bohr's "what we can say about nature" is a construal of experience as wording that realises meaning.