Author: Meyer-Abich, Klaus

Source: Mind and Matter, Volume 2, Number 2, 2004 , pp. 91-103(13)

Publisher: Imprint Academic

Abstract:

Although Niels Bohr's notion of complementarity is usually referred to in the context of quantum mechanics, it is not of physical origin. Bohr derived it from the philosophical idea of a holistic entanglement of knowledge and action. Bohr's complementarity primarily refers to a key element of the pragmatist tradition, the reflective relation between the immediate experience of an object and the awareness of its objectification. Similar relations have been observed by Kurt Goldstein in his studies of brain-injured patients. From a pragmatic point of view, Goldstein's idea of adequacy in biological knowledge might lead to novel approaches to current ethical questions in medicine as well as biotechnology.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2004-01-01

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