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The quest for reality : Bohr and Wittgenstein, two complementary views
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stenholm, Stig, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.
- Bohr, Niels.
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig.
- Reality.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 222 p.)
- Other Title:
- quest for reality
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In both science and philosophy, the 20th century saw a radical breakdown of certainty in the human worldview. Quantum theorist Stig Stenholm presents Bohr and Wittgenstein as central figures undertaking the necessary replacement of apparent order and certainty with an understanding based on limited concepts in constant flux.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- 1. Prelude: The modern stance
- 2. Twilight of the gods
- 3. The view from Copenhagen
- 4. Epistemological interlude
- 5. Wittgenstein enters the scene
- 6. Shaky foundations
- 7. Physics interface
- 8. Philosophical consequences
- 9. Metaphysics and reality
- 10. Concluding epilogue.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 1096514574
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