Pringe Critique of the Quantum Power of Judgment

A Transcendental Foundation of Quantum Objectivity
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-11-097175-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 154, 261 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm

Reihe: Kantstudien-ErgänzungshefteISSN

The analyzes the principles which underlie the empirical knowledge provided by quantum theory. In contrast to other transcendental approaches to quantum physics, none of the transcendental principles established by Kant is modified in order to cope with the new epistemological situation that arises with the asumption of the quantum postulate. Rather, by considering Bohr’s views, it is argued that classical concepts provide the mathematical formalism of quantum theory with physical reference through symbolic analogies in the strict Kantian sense.

The main result of the investigation is the determination of the highest principle under which quantum objects are subsumed. This principle states that the conditions of the possibility of the of experience are at the same time the conditions of the possibility of quantum objects. Upon this principle rests the possibility of any synthetic knowledge of quantum objects. Therefore, the yields the prolegomena to any future quantum metaphysics.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Institutes, Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pringe, Hernán

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Hernán Pringe, University of Pittsburgh, USA.