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| The Theory of Interacting Systems: Volume 1 |
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| NIELS BOHR: REFLECTIONS ON SUBJECT AND OBJECT |
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Whose woods these are I think I know...
The study of the epistemological work of Niels Bohr requires reflection on
the sources of knowledge and its manifestations. As Robert Frost's lines
remind us, part of the answer lies in understanding what we bring to the
relation of the knower to the known. Bohr was the first to realize that
disentangling ourselves from what we observe is as much a matter of physics
as of philosophy. This distinction between subject and object is necessary
for the proper representation of physical systems and our knowledge of them.
Bohr maintained that connections between physics, language, and philosophy
lie at the root of what we can know. These connections are examined in the
historical context of the concepts he drew on in both physics and
philosophy. His epistemological position is tested against recent work in
physics and current views on language and knowledge. This inquiry shows that
his theory of knowledge can serve as a foundation for twenty-first
century physics. |
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