Probabilidad y causalidad en la filosofía de Max Born

  • Mª Pilar González Fernández
Keywords: Causality, Indeterminism, Objectivity, Quantum theory, Statistical interpretation, Wave-particle duality,

Abstract

Max Born’s philosophic and scientific legacy is related to the orthodox interpretation of quantum mechanics, which is known as the Interpretation of Copenhague. Therefore Born’s statistical interpretation has been considered as defending a positivist philosophy of science. Opposing this idea, this article is intended to face two main questions. The first one deals with the fact that Born’s interpretation of wave function, although it settles indeterminism, does not imply the abandonment of causal explanations of physical phenomena The second one is aimed at showing how is it possible to defend a ‘realistic view’ of scientific labour making use of the notion of ‘invariant observationals’ that leads to the reconciliation of wave and corpuscular theories.

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Published
2005-11-10
How to Cite
González Fernández M. P. (2005). Probabilidad y causalidad en la filosofía de Max Born. Logos. Anales del Seminario de Metafísica, 38, 241-269. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ASEM/article/view/ASEM0505110241A
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Vol. 38 (2005)
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