Article ID: CBB000932233

The Early History of David Bohm's Quantum Mechanics through the Perspective of Ludwik Fleck's Thought-Collectives (2008)

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Forstner, Christian (Author)


Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Volume: 46
Pages: 215--229


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: Part of a collection of papers from ICHS symposium: “Politically Engaged Scientists, 1920--1950: Science, Politics, Philosophy, History”
Language: English

Abstract This paper analyses the early history of David Bohm's mechanics from the perspective of Ludwik Fleck's thought-collectives and shows how the thought-style of the scientific community limits the possible modes of thinking and what new possibilities for the construction of a new theory arise if these limits are removed.

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Authors & Contributors
Sismondo, Sergio
Rouse, Joseph
Mialet, Hélène
Mattingly, James Madison
Marcum, James A.
Lee, Jeongmin
Journals
Social Studies of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Physics World
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Kluwer Academic
GNT-Verlag
Duke University Press
Continuum
Indiana University
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Science studies, theoretical works
Quantum mechanics
Physics
Philosophers of science, modern
Historians of science, modern
People
Bohm, David Joseph
Kuhn, Thomas S.
Latour, Bruno
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
Everett, Hugh, III
Wheeler, John Archibald
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
Places
United States
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