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David Bohm's Critique of Modern Physics : Letters to Jeffrey Bub, 1966-1969 / edited by Chris Talbot.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Physics and Astronomy (SpringerNature-11651)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physics.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Science--History.
- History.
- Quantum theory.
- Philosophy and science.
- History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
- Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Science.
- Quantum Physics.
- Philosophy of Science.
- Local Subjects:
- History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
- Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Science.
- Quantum Physics.
- Philosophy of Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XII, 375 pages) : 13 illustrations, 7 illustrations in color
- Edition:
- First edition 2020.
- Contained In:
- Springer Nature eBook
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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".
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-030-45537-8
- 9783030455378
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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