Einstein and Bohr's Rhetoric of Complementarity

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ID4737481
AuthorsMara Beller (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume6
Issue1
Pages241-255
Publication date1993-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience in Context (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0269-8897 • E-ISSN: 1474-0664
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0269889700001368
OpenAlexW2118732086
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

The ArgumentThe aim of this paper is to provide a critical perspective for Einstein's opposition to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics, by analyzing the ingenious rhetoric of Bohr's principle of complementarity. I argue that what Bohr presents as arguments of "inevitability" are in fact merely arguments for the consistency of the quantum-mechanical scheme. Einstein's resistance to being persuaded by this potent technique of argumentation, and his rejection of Bohr's interpretation of quantum physics, appear consequently as an eminently reasonable position and not as a conservative stand, as it is often presented by the adherents of the Copenhagen orthodoxy

Bohr model · Copenhagen interpretation · Einstein · Epistemology · EPR paradox · Orthodoxy · Physics · Quantum · Quantum dynamics · Quantum mechanics · Quantum process · Rhetoric · Theology · Theoretical physics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy, Science, and History · Quantum Mechanics and Applications

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