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Kodanský výklad kvantovej teórie a jeho vybrané filozofické dôsledky
Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory and its Selected Philosophical Implications

Author(s): Miroslav Karaba
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, Theology and Religion, Religion and science
Published by: Teologická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity
Keywords: quantum theory;Copenhagen interpretation;complementarity;correspondence rule

Summary/Abstract: The Copenhagen interpretation was the first general attempt to understand the world of atoms as this is represented by quantum mechanics. As the father of this interpretation is regarded mainly Niels Bohr, but also Werner Heisenberg, Max Born and other physicists made important contributions to the overall understanding of the atomic world. Today the Copenhagen interpretation is mostly regarded as synonymous with indeterminism, Bohr’s correspondence principle, Born’s statistical interpretation of the wave function, and Bohr’s complementarity interpretation of certain atomic phenomena. The presented paper is focus on analysis of base and consequences of this kind of interpretation, namely from the ontological as well as epistemological point of view.

  • Issue Year: 5/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 47-63
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Slovak