Heisenberg and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics - The Physicist as Philosopher

Informationen zum Autor Kristian Camilleri is a Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Science Program at the University of Melbourne. Klappentext This book traces the development of Heisenberg's philosophy of quantum mechanics. Zusammenfassung This book traces the development of Heisenberg's philosophy of quantum mechanics! beginning with his mid-1920s positivism! through his 1930s neo-Kantian reading of Bohr! and culminating with his 'linguistic turn' in the 1940s and 1950s. It focuses on the nature of this transformation in Heisenberg's thought and its wider philosophical context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Emergence of Quantum Mechanics: 2. Quantum mechanics and the principle of observability; 3. The problem of interpretation; Part II. The Heisenberg-Bohr Dialogue: 4. The wave-particle duality; 5. Indeterminacy and the limits of classical concepts: the turning point in Heisenberg's thought; 6. Heisenberg and Bohr: divergent viewpoints of complementarity; Part III. Heisenberg's Epistemology and Ontology of Quantum Mechanics: 7. The transformation of Kantian philosophy; 8. The linguistic turn in Heisenberg's thought; Conclusion; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Kristian Camilleri, Camilleri Kristian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.02.2009
• EAN: 9780521884846
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88484-6
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, History of Science, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)