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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      01 June 2011
      05 November 1987
      ISBN:
      9780511564307
      9780521379274
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564307
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.43kg, 308 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Physics and Astronomy, History, Philosophy and Foundations of Physics
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    This book gives a clear and comprehensive exposition of Niels Bohr's philosophy of physics. Bohr's ideas are of major importance, for they are the source of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics; yet they are obscure, and call for the sort of close analysis that this book provides. The book describes the historical background of the physics from which Bohr's ideas grew. The core of the book is a detailed analysis of Bohr's arguments for complementarity and of the interpretation which he put upon it. Special emphasis is placed throughout on the contrasting views of Einstein, and the great debate between Bohr and Einstein is thoroughly examined. The book traces the philosophical influences on Bohr, and unravels the realist and anti-realist strands in his thinking. Bohr's philosophy is critically assessed in the light of recent developments in the foundations of quantum physics (the work of Bell and others) and in philosophy (the realism-anti-realism debate) and it is revealed as being much more subtle and sophisticated than it is generally taken to be. While the book will be of interest to specialists, it is written in a style that will make it accessible to those who have no specialist knowledge of the relevant physics and philosophy.

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    ‘The breadth and clarity of Murdoch’s analysis makes this book a worthy addition to Bohrian scholarship.’

    Nick Herbert Source: New Scientist

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