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The observable : Heisenberg's philosophy of quantum mechanics / Patrick Aidan Heelan ; foreword by Michel Bitbol ; edited with a foreword by Babette Babich.
- Title
- The observable : Heisenberg's philosophy of quantum mechanics / Patrick Aidan Heelan ; foreword by Michel Bitbol ; edited with a foreword by Babette Babich.
- Author
- Heelan, Patrick A.
- Publication
- New York ; Frankfurt : Peter Lang, [2016]
- ©2016
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- Description
- xl, 185 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- History and philosophy of science, 2376-6336 ; vol. 1
- Uniform Title
- History and philosophy of science 1.
- Alternative Title
- Heisenberg's philosophy of quantum mechanics
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Observation, description, and ontology: strategy -- Relativity: model of a scientific revolution -- Quantum mechanics 1925: revolution -- Wave mechanics 1926: reaction -- Search for a paradigm -- The uncertainty relations: paradigm or ontology of nature? -- The philosophical differences between Heisenberg and Bohr -- Complementarity -- The Chicago lectures 1929: complementarity adopted -- 'Observation' -- Observation and description in quantum mechanics -- The a priori role of classical physics -- The Gifford lectures 1955-56 and the new Aristotelianism -- The logical status of potentia -- Objectivity and realism in quantum mechanics -- Observations, description, and ontology: summary.
- ISBN
- 9781433130625
- 9781453917138 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 915159349
- SCSB-12662435
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library