Grete Hermann - Between Physics and Philosophy
Editors: Crull, Elise, Bacciagaluppi, Guido (Eds.)
Free Preview- Recent scholarship on an important figure little-known in the English-speaking world
- First English translation of a key historical text in the foundations of quantum mechanics
- Wide range of first-class contributors (Including some who knew Hermann personally)
- Presents a rare synthesis of various aspects of Hermann's life and work
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Grete Hermann (1901-1984) was a pupil of mathematical physicist Emmy Noether, follower and co-worker of neo-Kantian philosopher Leonard Nelson, and an important intellectual figure in post-war German social democracy. She is best known for her work on the philosophy of modern physics in the 1930s, some of which emerged from intense discussions with Heisenberg and Weizsäcker in Leipzig. Hermann’s aim was to counter the threat to the Kantian notion of causality coming from quantum mechanics. She also discussed in depth the question of ‘hidden variables’ (including the first critique of von Neumann’s alleged impossibility proof) and provided an extensive analysis of Bohr’s notion of complementarity. This volume includes translations of Hermann’s two most important essays on this topic: one hitherto unpublished and one translated here into English for the first time. It also brings together recent scholarly contributions by historians and philosophers of science, physicists, and philosophers and educators following in Hermann’s steps. Hermann's work places her in the first rank among philosophers who wrote about modern physics in the first half of the last century. Those interested in the many fields to which she contributed will find here a comprehensive discussion of her philosophy of physics that places it in the context of her wider work.
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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A Biographical Sketch of Prof. Dr Grete Henry-Hermann (1901–1984)
Pages 3-16
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Grete Hermann as a Philosopher
Pages 17-34
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Understanding Hermann’s Philosophy of Nature
Pages 35-51
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The Convergence of Transcendental Philosophy and Quantum Physics: Grete Henry-Hermann’s 1935 Pioneering Proposal
Pages 55-69
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Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker’s ‘Ortsbestimmung eines Elektrons’ and its Influence on Grete Hermann
Pages 71-83
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Grete Hermann - Between Physics and Philosophy
- Editors
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- Elise Crull
- Guido Bacciagaluppi
- Series Title
- Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
- Series Volume
- 42
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-024-0970-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-024-0970-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-024-0968-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-024-1452-3
- Series ISSN
- 0929-6425
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 281
- Number of Illustrations
- 4 b/w illustrations
- Topics
