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Does quantum physics refute realism, materialism and determinism?

Mario Bunge

pp. 139-149

Abstract

It is generally believed that quantum physics refutes realism, materialism, determinism, and perhaps even rationality. These beliefs, central to the so-called Copenhagen interpretation, were held by the very fathers of the new physics, particularly Niels Bohr (1934), Max Born (1953), Werner Heisenberg (1958), and Wolfgang Pauli (1961).

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Bunge Mario (2012) Evaluating philosophies. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 139-149

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4408-0_15

Full citation:

Bunge Mario (2012) Does quantum physics refute realism, materialism and determinism?, In: Evaluating philosophies, Dordrecht, Springer, 139–149.