Vol. 33 No. 2 (2011), Articles
Vol. 33 No. 2 (2011)

Complementarity of the Calculative and Qualitative Description

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Published 2011-11-09
Filip Grygar
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Bohr
quantum theory
phenomenology
complementarity
calculative thinking
meditative thinking
essence of science

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Complementarity of the Calculative and Qualitative Description. (2011). Teorie vědy Theory of Science, 33(2), 271-297. https://doi.org/10.46938/tv.2011.95
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Abstract

Phenomenology and Quantum theory have defined themselves against the subject-object tradition of thought and against the modern objectivistic attempt to unify explanation of reality or being. Scientific technology and calculative way of thinking have prevailed over meditative and qualitative thinking in modern times. Despite scientific efforts to eliminate any inconsistency caused by metaphysical speculations and systems, in everyday life and science we encounter such phenomena which cannot be explained unambiguously and fully on the basis of purely conventional criteria. This paper focuses on Bohr's framework of complementarity. The idea enables us exploring and describing a given phenomenon in such manner that we get adequate knowledge of the same phenomenon or subject of interest only by completing incompatible descriptions
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