The Emergence of Bohr’s Notion of Complementarity and its Expanse Outside the Physics

Authors

  • Josefa Castellà Cid Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  • Karim J. Gherab Martín Universidad CEU San Pablo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37467/gka-revhuman.v4.760

Keywords:

Complementarity, Duality, Quantum Postulate, Wave, Partic

Abstract

With the notion of complementarity, Bohr tried to express the duality between concepts or statements that are different in meaning, mutually exclusive and together constitute a complete description of a phenomenon. Bohr derived this notion from the quantum postulate and applied it to the wave-particle duality and the space-temporal and causal descriptions. Moreover, he applied it to other subjects, different from Physics, such as Psychology, Biology, and Anthropology.

Author Biographies

Josefa Castellà Cid, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Licenciada en Filosofía y en Ciencias Físicas. Doctoranda en Filosofía de la Ciencia.

Karim J. Gherab Martín, Universidad CEU San Pablo

Profesor en la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad CEU San Pablo. Es físico teórico y doctor en filosofía de la ciencia por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

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Published

2015-03-06

How to Cite

Castellà Cid, J., & Gherab Martín, K. J. (2015). The Emergence of Bohr’s Notion of Complementarity and its Expanse Outside the Physics. HUMAN REVIEW. International Humanities Review / Revista Internacional De Humanidades, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.37467/gka-revhuman.v4.760

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Research articles

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