Wigner's "Polanyian" Epistemology and the Measurement Problem: The Wigner-Polanyi Dialog on Tacit Knowledge

被引：0

作者：

Jha, Stefania

机构：

[1] San Francisco, CA 94118

来源：

PHYSICS IN PERSPECTIVE | 2011年 / 13卷 / 03期

关键词：

Eugene Wigner; Michael Polanyi; John von Neumann; Paul Feyerabend; Hilary Putnam; tacit knowledge; scientific discovery; measurement problem in quantum physics; mind-body problem; epistemology; ontology; history of physics; philosophy of physics;

D O I：

10.1007/s00016-010-0050-5

中图分类号：

N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;

摘要：

I analyze the long dialog that Eugene Wigner (1902-1995) and Michael Polanyi (1891-1976) carried out on Polanyi's concept of tacit knowledge and its meaning for the measurement problem in quantum physics, focusing in particular on their ten-year correspondence between 1961 and 1971 on these subjects and the related mind-body problem. They differed in their interpretations, epistemologies, and ontologies, and consequently never resolved their differences on the measurement and mind-body problems. Nonetheless, their long dialog is significant and opens up avenues for exploring these problems further.

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页码：329 / 358

页数：30