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Causality and Chance in Modern Physics

David Bohm
1957 · English
Philosophy of physics · Foundations of quantum mechanics / Philosophy of physics

Bohm's 1957 philosophical-physical synthesis — causality, determinism, and chance after quantum mechanics

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Attribute Causality and Chance in Modern Physics (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Non-Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Non-Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Partial
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Variable
Information · Granularity Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Causality and Chance in Modern Physics

The mid-1950s post-quantum-revolution scientific-philosophical moment.

Space

Causality and Chance in Modern Physics

The Brazilian-Israeli-British academic spaces of Bohm's mid-career.

Matter

Causality and Chance in Modern Physics

The proper-microphysical-causal structures the book treats.

Observer

Causality and Chance in Modern Physics

The disciplined-physical-philosophical investigator as proper subject.

Energy

Causality and Chance in Modern Physics

The proper-causal-physical energies of natural processes.

Information

Causality and Chance in Modern Physics

The philosophical-physical content of the systematic synthesis.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Causality and Chance in Modern Physics

Bohm's hidden-variable interpretation and the broader anti-Copenhagen position have been variously assessed — defenders see proper realist alternative, mainstream-physics critics have until recently regarded them as fringe; revived scholarly attention from the 1990s onward.