The philosophy of Gaston Bachelard's quantum mechanics

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31977/grirfi.v20i3.1906

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Quantum mechanics; Knowledge; Break; Bachelard.

Abstract

Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962), French philosopher, followed a period of ruptures, that is, of conceptual and methodological changes in contemporary physics. He is one of several thinkers who presented important reflections for the understanding of contemporary atomistics. This article highlights the main philosophical reflections of Gaston Bachelard about the foundations of quantum mechanics. For that, it uses important concepts of its epistemology without which its ideas become incomprehensible. Thus, this work highlights how this science breaks with traditional scientific and philosophical ideas in the first half of the 20th century by presenting a new object of knowledge, namely, the quantum corpuscles. Furthermore, in order to characterize the philosophy of bachelardian quantum physics, according to the author, the nature of atomic particles stands out, as the scientific activity of this science in the creation of new phenomena is emphasized and its rationalism applied as philosophy is emphasized best suited to the new physics. Finally, it is emphasized in this work that Bachelard's ideas are different from other interpretations of quantum mechanics.

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Author Biography

David Velanes, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)

Doutorando em Filosofia na Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador – BA, Brasil.

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2020-10-20

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VELANES, David. The philosophy of Gaston Bachelard’s quantum mechanics. Griot : Revista de Filosofia, [S. l.], v. 20, n. 3, p. 229–242, 2020. DOI: 10.31977/grirfi.v20i3.1906. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrb.edu.br/index.php/griot/article/view/1906. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

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