Since the Niels Bohr centenary of 1985 there has been an astonishing international surge of scholarly analyses of Bohr's philosophy. Now for the first time in Niels Bohr and Contemporary Philosophy Jan Faye and Henry Folse have brought together sixteen of today's leading authors who have helped mould this new round of discussions on Bohr's philosophy. In fifteen entirely new, previously unpublished essays we discover a surprising variety of the different facets of Bohr as the natural philosopher whose 'framework of complementarity' shaped the final phase of the quantum revolution and influenced two generations of the century's leading physicists. There is much on which the authors included here agree; but there are also polar disagreements, which assure us that the philosophical questions revolving around Bohr's 'new viewpoint' will continue to be a subject of scholarly interest and discussion for years to come. This collection will interest all serious students of history and philosophy of science, and foundations of physics.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer
ISBN-13
9789048142996
eBay Product ID (ePID)
178390663
Product Key Features
Author
J. Faye, H. Folse
Publication Name
Niels Bohr and Contemporary Philosophy
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Science, History, Physics
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
388 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
223mm
Item Width
152mm
Volume
153
Item Weight
633g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science