The Quest for Reality: Bohr and Wittgenstein - Two Complementary Views

by Stig Stenholm

Book Overview

In both science and philosophy, the twentieth century saw a radical breakdown of certainty in the human worldview, as quantum uncertainty and linguistic ambiguity destroyed the comfortable certitudes of the past. As these disciplines form the foundation for a human position in the world, a major epistemological reorganization had to take place. In this book, quantum theorist Stig Stenholm presents Bohr and Wittgenstein, in physics and in philosophy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198729103
• ISBN13: 9780198729105
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"