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The quest for reality [electronic resource] : Bohr and Wittgenstein - two complementary views /

by Stenholm, Stig.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (viii, 222 p.).ISBN: 9780191729270 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962 | Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 | Certainty | Quantum theory | Logical positivismOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In both science and philosophy, the 20th century saw a radical breakdown of certainty in the human worldview. Quantum theorist Stig Stenholm presents Bohr and Wittgenstein as central figures undertaking the necessary replacement of apparent order and certainty with an understanding based on limited concepts in constant flux.
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In both science and philosophy, the 20th century saw a radical breakdown of certainty in the human worldview. Quantum theorist Stig Stenholm presents Bohr and Wittgenstein as central figures undertaking the necessary replacement of apparent order and certainty with an understanding based on limited concepts in constant flux.

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