Abstract
No, but the paper argues that Bohr understood his correspondence principle, or at least an aspect of that principle expressed by the notion of rational generalization, as grounded in Hankel's principle of permanence, adapted to new historical and theoretical contexts. This is shown to illuminate some otherwise obscure aspects of Bohr's approach to quantum theory, as well as a seemingly strange criticism against this approach, due to Feyerabend and Bohm.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 137-145 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A |
Volume | 103 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2024 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 603123 History of science
- 603124 Theory of science
Keywords
- Bohr's quantum mechanics
- Principle of permanence
- 19th century mathematics
- the correspondence principle