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Record Nr.

UNINA9910412153203321

Titolo

David Bohm's Critique of Modern Physics : Letters to Jeffrey Bub, 1966-1969 / / edited by Chris Talbot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-45537-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 375 p. 13 illus., 7 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

530

Soggetti

Physics

Science—Philosophy

Science—History

Quantum theory

Philosophy and science

History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics

Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Science

Quantum Physics

Philosophy of Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Discussions with Loinger, Rosenfeld and Schumacher -- Perception and Panpsychism -- Facts and Inferences, The One and the Many, Charles Biederman -- More on Psychology, Feyerabend and Pluralism -- Schumacher and Niels Bohr -- Bohr versus Von Neumann -- Differing “Relevance Judgements” -- Kuhn and Incommensurability. Summary on the “Quantum”.

Sommario/riassunto

In the letters contained in this book, David Bohm argues that the dominant formal, mathematical approach in physics is seriously flawed. In the 1950s and 60s, Bohm took a direction unheard of for a professor of theoretical physics: while still researching in physics, working among others with Yakir Aharanov and later Jeffrey Bub, he also spent time studying “metaphysics”—such as Hegel’s dialectics and Indian panpsychism. 50 years on, questions raised about the direction and philosophical assumptions of theoretical physics show that Bohm’s



arguments still have contemporary relevance.