The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our 65th Annual Lecture Series Talk. \;Attend in person in room 1008 in the Cathedral of Learning (10th Floor) \; or visit our live stream on YouTube at \;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
\nThe Annual Lecture Series\, the Center&rsquo\;s oldest program\, was established in 1960\, the year when Adolf Grü\;nbaum founded the Center. Each year the series consists of six to eight lectures\, about three quarters of which are given by philosophers\, historians\, and scientists from other universities.
\nALS &ndash\; Thomas Ryckman
\nFriday\, September 27 \; @ 3:30 pm \;- \;6:00 pm \;EDT
\n1008 Cathedral of Learning \;
\nTitle: \;Niels Bohr: Transcendental Physicist
\nAbstract:
\nWhile it would be unwarranted to label Bohr as &ldquo\;neo-Kantian&rdquo\; or indeed adherent of any philosophical school\, his understanding of quantum theory crucially employs an intricate transcendental argument. Bohr deemed the quantum postulate\, or \;&ldquo\;wholeness&rdquo\; of interaction between agency of measurement and atomic system\, to call into question a core epistemological distinction between subject and object familiar in the concept of &lsquo\;observation&rsquo\; \;from everyday life and classical physics. Re-conceptualizing that distinction led to redefinition of the term &lsquo\;phenomenon&rsquo\;\, a corresponding non-representationalist account of the wave function\, and to situating the notion of objectivity within \;&ldquo\;conditions of the possibility of unambiguous communication&rdquo\;.
\nZoom at \;https://pitt.zoom.us/s/99943669767
\nYouTube at \;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
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