Is Bohr’s Correspondence Principle just Hankel’s Principle of Permanence?

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)137-145
Number of pages9
JournalStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
Volume103
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 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

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