Article ID: CBB864595237

The cognitive nexus between Bohr's analogy for the atom and Pauli's exclusion schema (2016)

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The correspondence principle is the primary tool Bohr used to guide his contributions to quantum theory. By examining the cognitive features of the correspondence principle and comparing it with those of Pauli's exclusion principle, I will show that it did more than simply ‘save the phenomena’. The correspondence principle in fact rested on powerful analogies and mental schemas. Pauli's rejection of model-based methods in favor of a phenomenological, rule-based approach was therefore not as disruptive as some historians have indicated. Even at a stage that seems purely phenomenological, historical studies of theoretical development should take into account non-formal, model-based approaches in the form of mental schemas, analogies and images. In fact, Bohr's images and analogies had non-classical components which were able to evoke the idea of exclusion as a prohibition law and as a preliminary mental schema.

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Authors & Contributors
Kragh, Helge S.
Eckert, Michael
Blum, Alexander
Wang, Lei
Yang, Jian
Sime, Ruth Lewin
Concepts
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Theoretical physics
Atomic structure
Models and modeling in science
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Copenhagen (Denmark)
Japan
Germany
China
Munich (Germany)
Great Britain
Institutions
Munich. Universität
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