Niels Bohr and the philosophy of physics: twenty-first-century perspectives - 1. edicion

Niels Bohr and the Philosophy of Physics: Twenty-First-Century Perspectives examines the philosophical views, influences and legacy of the Nobel Prize physicist and philosophical spokesman of the quantum revolution, Niels Bohr. The sixteen contributions in this collection by some of the best contemporary philosophers and physicists writing on Bohr’s philosophy today all carefully distinguish his subtle and unique interpretation of quantum mechanics from views often imputed to him under the banner of the “Copenhagen Interpretation.” With respect to philosophical influences on Bohr’s outlook, the contributors analyse prominent similarities between his viewpoint and Kantian ways of thinking, the views of the Danish philosopher Harald Høffding, and themes characteristic of American pragmatism. In recognizing the importance of Bohr’s epistemological naturalism they examine his defence of the indispensability of classical concepts from a variety of different perspectives. This collection shows us that Bohr’s interpretation of quantum mechanics, now nearly a century old, still has the power to shed light on a variety of issues that have arisen only since his lifetime, as well as decoherence theory and other non-collapse interpretations. Balancing historical themes with contemporary discussions, Niels Bohr and the Philosophy of Physics establishes Bohr’s on-going contribution to the philosophy of physics and examines his place in the history of philosophy. Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. -- 2. -- References -- Part One Understanding Bohr's Philosophical Background -- 1 Why Do We Find Bohr Obscure? Reading Bohr as a Philosopher of Experiment -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A historiographical overview: The challenges of reading Bohr -- Bohr's obscurity: Early philosophical interpretations -- How should we read Bohr? Historiographical approaches -- 3. Niels Bohr as philosopher of experiment -- The doctrine of classical concepts and the epistemology of experiment -- Functional versus dynamical accounts of the experimental apparatus -- Quantum objects and classical concepts -- 4. Conclusions -- Archival sources and abbreviations -- Notes -- References -- 2 On Bohr's Transcendental Research Program -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Should classical physics be a permanent component of the foundations of quantum physics? -- 3. Kant's and Bohr's Copernican revolutions -- 4. Complementarity about what? -- 5. Transcendental versus naturalized approaches to measurement -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Transcendental versus Quantitative Meanings of Bohr's Complementarity Principle -- 1. Some general considerations concerning Bohr's principle of complementarity -- The three meanings of Bohr's complementarity -- The transcendental framework of complementarity -- Einstein's objection -- 2. Quantitative complementarity and intermediate situations -- 3. The Afshar experiment and the alleged violation of the principle of complementarity -- 4. By way of conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 4 Complementarity and Pragmatic Epistemology: A Comparison of Bohr and C.I. Lewis -- 1. Pragmatism-influences and affinities -- 2. Kantianism and pragmatism in Bohr and Lewis -- 3. Bohr and Lewis on the growth of knowledge -- 4. Sense meaning and the classical concepts "Niels Bohr and Philosophy of Physics: Twenty-First Century Perspectives examines the philosophical views, influences and legacy of the Nobel Prize physicist and philosophical spokesman of the quantum revolution, Niels Bohr. The sixteen contributions in this collection by some of the best contemporary philosophers and physicists writing on Bohr's philosophy today all carefully distinguish his subtle and unique interpretation of quantum mechanics from views often imputed to him under the banner of the "Copenhagen Interpretation." With respect to philosophical influences on Bohr's outlook, the contributors analyse prominent similarities between his viewpoint and Kantian ways of thinking, the views of the Danish philosopher Harald Høffding, and themes characteristic of American pragmatism. In recognizing the importance of Bohr's epistemological naturalism they examine his defence of the indispensability of classical concepts from a variety of different perspectives. This collection shows us that Bohr's interpretation of quantum mechanics, now nearly a century old, still has the power to shed light on a variety of issues that have arisen only since his lifetime, as well as decoherence theory and other non-collapse interpretations. Balancing historical themes with contemporary discussions, Niels Bohr and the Philosophy of Physics establishes Bohr's on-going contribution to the philosophy of physics and examines his place in the history of philosophy."--Bloomsbury Publishing. "Niels Bohr and Philosophy of Physics: Twenty-First Century Perspectives examines the philosophical views, influences and legacy of the Nobel Prize physicist and philosophical spokesman of the quantum revolution, Niels Bohr.The sixteen contributions in this collection by some of the best contemporary philosophers and physicists writing on Bohr's philosophy today all carefully distinguish his subtle and unique interpretation of quantum mechanics from views often imputed to him under the banner of the "Copenhagen Interpretation.†? With respect to philosophical influences on Bohr's outlook, the contributors analyse prominent similarities between his viewpoint and Kantian ways of thinking, the views of the Danish philosopher Harald Høffding, and themes characteristic of American pragmatism. In recognizing the importance of Bohr's epistemological naturalism they examine his defence of the indispensability of classical concepts from a variety of different perspectives. This collection shows us that Bohr's interpretation of quantum mechanics, now nearly a century old, still has the power to shed light on a variety of issues that have arisen only since his lifetime, as well as decoherence theory and other non-collapse interpretations. Balancing historical themes with contemporary discussions, Niels Bohr and the Philosophy of Physics establishes Bohr's on-going contribution to the philosophy of physics and examines his place in the history of philosophy."-- Provided by publisher "Niels Bohr and Philosophy of Physics: Twenty-First Century Perspectives examines the philosophical views, influences and legacy of the Nobel Prize physicist and philosophical spokesman of the quantum revolution, Niels Bohr. The sixteen contributions in this collection by some of the best contemporary philosophers and physicists writing on Bohr's philosophy today all carefully distinguish his subtle and unique interpretation of quantum mechanics from views often imputed to him under the banner of the "Copenhagen Interpretation. With respect to philosophical influences on Bohr's outlook, the contributors analyse prominent similarities between his viewpoint and Kantian ways of thinking, the views of the Danish philosopher Harald Høffding, and themes characteristic of American pragmatism. In recognizing the importance of Bohr's epistemological naturalism they examine his defence of the indispensability of classical concepts from a variety of different perspectives. This collection shows us that Bohr's interpretation of quantum mechanics, now nearly a century old, still has the power to shed light on a variety of issues that have arisen only since his lifetime, as well as decoherence theory and other non-collapse interpretations. Balancing historical themes with contemporary discussions, Niels Bohr and the Philosophy of Physics establishes Bohr's on-going contribution to the philosophy of physics and examines his place in the history of philosophy."-- Provided by publisher Niels Bohr and Philosophy of Physics: Twenty-First Century Perspectives examines the philosophical views, influences and legacy of the Nobel Prize physicist and philosophical spokesman of the quantum revolution, Niels Bohr. The sixteen contributions in this collection by some of the best contemporary philosophers and physicists writing on Bohr's philosophy today all carefully distinguish his subtle and unique interpretation of quantum mechanics from views often imputed to him under the banner of the "Copenhagen Interpretation." With respect to philosophical influences on Bohr's outlook, the contributors analyse prominent similarities between his viewpoint and Kantian ways of thinking, the views of the Danish philosopher Harald Hoffding, and themes characteristic of American pragmatism. In recognizing the importance of Bohr's epistemological naturalism they examine his defence of the indispensability of classical concepts from a variety of different perspectives.0This collection shows us that Bohr's interpretation of quantum mechanics, now nearly a century old, still has the power to shed light on a variety of issues that have arisen only since his lifetime, as well as decoherence theory and other non-collapse interpretations. Balancing historical themes with contemporary discussions, Niels Bohr and the Philosophy of Physics establishes Bohr's on-going contribution to the philosophy of physics and examines his place in the history of philosophy Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents Introduction Part One: Understanding Bohr’s Philosophical Background 1. Why Do We Find Bohr Obscure?: Reading Bohr as a Philosopher of Experiment 2. On Bohr’s Transcendental Research Program 3. Transcendental versus Quantitative Meanings of Bohr’s Complementarity Principle 4. Complementarity and Pragmatic Epistemology: A Comparison of Bohr and C. I. Lewis 5. Complementarity and Human Nature 6. Bohr’s Relational Holism and the Classical- Quantum Interaction 7. Complementarity as a Route to Inferentialism 8. Fragmentation, Multiplicity, and Technology in Quantum Physics: Bohr’s Thought from the Twentieth to the Twenty- First Century Part Two: Bohr’s Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics in Twenty- First- Century Physics 9. Complementarity and Quantum Tunneling 10. Bohr and the Problem of the Quantum- to- Classical Transition 11. On Bohr’s Epistemological Contribution to the Quantum- Classical Cut Problems 12. Individuality and Correspondence: An Exploration of the History and Possible Future of Bohrian Quantum Empiricism 13. An Everett Perspective on Bohr and EPR 14. Niels Bohr and the Formalism of Quantum Mechanics 15. Bohrification: From Classical Concepts to Commutative Operator Algebras 16. Why QBism Is Not the Copenhagen Interpretation and What John Bell Might Have Thought of It Index "The sixteen contributions in this collection by some of the best contemporary philosophers and physicists writing on Bohr's philosophy today all carefully distinguish his subtle and unique interpretation of quantum mechanics from views often imputed to him under the banner of the "Copenhagen Interpretation.""--Page 4 de la couverture