Ebook: Niels Bohr: His Heritage and Legacy: An Anti-Realist View of Quantum Mechanics
Author: Jan Faye (auth.)
- Genre: History // Memoirs; Biographies
- Tags: Philosophy of Science, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Epistemology, Interdisciplinary Studies
- Series: Science and Philosophy 6
- Year: 1991
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The bulk of the present book has not been published previously though Chapters II and IV are based in part on two earlier papers of mine: "The Influence of Harald H!1lffding's Philosophy on Niels Bohr's Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics", which appeared in Danish Yearbook of Philosophy, 1979, and "The Bohr-H!1lffding Relationship Reconsidered", published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 1988. These two papers comple ment each other, and in order to give the whole issue a more extended treatment I have sought, in the present volume by drawing on relevant historical material, to substantiate the claim that H!1lffding was Bohr's mentor. Besides containing a detailed account of Bohr's philosophy, the book, at the same time, serves the purpose of making H!1lffding' s ideas and historical significance better known to a non-Danish readership. During my work on this book I have consulted the Royal Danish Library; the National Archive of Denmark and the Niels Bohr Archive, Copenhagen, in search of relevant material. I am grateful for permission to use and quote material from these sources. Likewise, I am indebted to colleagues and friends for commenting upon the manuscript: I am especially grateful to Professor Henry Folse for our many discussions during my visit to New Orleans in November-December 1988 and again here in Elsinore in July 1990.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Chapter I....Pages 3-17
Chapter II....Pages 19-46
Chapter III....Pages 47-76
Chapter IV....Pages 77-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Chapter V....Pages 113-125
Chapter VI....Pages 127-163
Chapter VII....Pages 165-195
Chapter VIII....Pages 197-232
Epilogue: The Legacy....Pages 233-236
Back Matter....Pages 237-264
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Chapter I....Pages 3-17
Chapter II....Pages 19-46
Chapter III....Pages 47-76
Chapter IV....Pages 77-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Chapter V....Pages 113-125
Chapter VI....Pages 127-163
Chapter VII....Pages 165-195
Chapter VIII....Pages 197-232
Epilogue: The Legacy....Pages 233-236
Back Matter....Pages 237-264
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