Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2022
Volume 67, Number 3
Monday–Friday, March 14–18, 2022; Chicago
Session T00: Poster Session III (1pm- 4pm CST)
1:00 PM,
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Room: McCormick Place Exhibit Hall F1
Abstract: T00.00347 : Bohr Adapted James the Psychologist's, "Complementarity" for Measurement in Quantum Mechanics: James's works for QM, Bohr's Does Not
Presenter:
Douglas M Snyder
(None)
Author:
Douglas M Snyder
(None)
Bohr borrowed the idea of complementarity from William James, the first American psychologist. To James's concept, Bohr added the necessity of a physical interaction with an uncontrollable aspect between a physical measuring apparatus and a physical system in measurement. In a null measurement, there is no such physical interaction. In a positive measurement where there is a physical interaction between the physical system and a physical measuring apparatus, this physical interaction that results in a measurement relies on a logical deduction without any physical basis. A similar logical deduction underlies a null measurement. James's complementarity can be applied to quantum mechanics since it based on knowledge, e.g., this logical deduction.
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