Abstract
Far from regarding physical science as a universal model of human knowledge, Werner Heisenberg relativized the scientificity of natural science, situating this domain of knowledge in a wide range of our modes of experiencing the world. In this paper, with a focus on his critical analysis of the notion of objectivity in quantum theory and other fields, I survey Heisenberg’s view of the world as divided into six distinct areas of reality, including – but not centered on – physical science. I also seek to show how this conception of the structure of reality, specifically of the relation between different areas of reality, is mediated by his mis- or reinterpretation of Bohr’s idea of complementarity.
Highlights
Weit davon entfernt, die Physik als Universalmodell für menschliche Erkenntnis anzusehen, relativierte Werner Heisenberg die Wissenschaftlichkeit der Naturwissenschaft, indem er diesen Wissensbereich in ein breites Spektrum unserer Welterfahrungsmöglichkeiten einordnete
That, in the history of modern science, in connection with the development of quantum theory in the early twentieth century, the objectivity of knowledge was a critical issue examined by physicists themselves, including some of the very founders of quantum physics
I take up the work of the German physicist Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976), who co-founded quantum mechanics, and explored philosophically how objectivity is put in question and restricted in this new theory of physics as well as in other fields of knowledge
Summary
Die Physik als Universalmodell für menschliche Erkenntnis anzusehen, relativierte Werner Heisenberg die Wissenschaftlichkeit der Naturwissenschaft, indem er diesen Wissensbereich in ein breites Spektrum unserer Welterfahrungsmöglichkeiten einordnete. That, in the history of modern science, in connection with the development of quantum theory in the early twentieth century, the objectivity of knowledge was a critical issue examined by physicists themselves, including some of the very founders of quantum physics.
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