'DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM AND MODERN PHYSICS', AN UNPUBLISHED TEXT BY MAX BORN

被引:4
作者
Freire, Olival [2 ]
Lehner, Christoph [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Hist Sci, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
[2] UFBa, Inst Fis, BR-40210340 Salvador, BA, Brazil
来源
NOTES AND RECORDS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY | 2010年 / 64卷 / 02期
关键词
Max Born; Leon Rosenfeld; philosophy of science; physics and politics; quantum mechanics; dialectical materialism;
D O I
10.1098/rsnr.2010.0012
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
A previously unpublished manuscript by the physicist Max Born, one of the creators of quantum mechanics, is presented. The manuscript was addressed to Born's colleague Leon Rosenfeld and criticized his attempt to show that Niels Bohr's doctrine of complementarity was an example of dialectical materialism and as such in perfect agreement with Marxist philosophy. Besides illustrating the deep political divisions among defenders of the 'Copenhagen spirit' in quantum physics, the manuscript is also a valuable source illuminating Max Born's philosophical position about scientific methodology and epistemology.
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页码:155 / 162
页数:8
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