David Bohm's Critique of Modern Physics

Letters to Jeffrey Bub, 1966-1969
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-45536-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 375 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 746 g

In the letters contained in this book, David Bohm argues that the dominant formal, mathematical approach in physics is seriously flawed. In the 1950s and 60s, Bohm took a direction unheard of for a professor of theoretical physics: while still researching in physics, working among others with Yakir Aharanov and later Jeffrey Bub, he also spent time studying “metaphysics”—such as Hegel’s dialectics and Indian panpsychism. 50 years on, questions raised about the direction and philosophical assumptions of theoretical physics show that Bohm’s arguments still have contemporary relevance.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Talbot, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Philosophie der Mathematik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Mathematik, Philosophie der Physik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Discussions with Loinger, Rosenfeld and Schumacher.- Perception and Panpsychism.- Facts and Inferences, The One and the Many, Charles Biederman.- More on Psychology, Feyerabend and Pluralism.- Schumacher and Niels Bohr.- Bohr versus Von Neumann.- Differing “Relevance Judgements”.- Kuhn and Incommensurability. Summary on the “Quantum”.

Über Autor(innen)

A lifelong socialist, Chris Talbot has a PhD in General Relativity. He lectured in mathematics at the University of Huddersfield, researching in Engineering Mathematics. Now retired he has returned to work on the  letters of David Bohm whom he greatly admired as a student with an interest in Marxist philosophy.