Krytyka operacjonizmu z uwzględnieniem operacyjnej definicji czasu

Jakub Róg

doi:10.18290/rf23713.11

Published : 2023-09-27

Vol. 71 No. 3 (2023)

Critique of Operationalism Including the Problem of the Operational Definition of Time

Jakub Róg

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8032-128X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rf23713.11

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The article discusses concerns against Percy W. Bridgman’s operationalism raised within the last few decades and analyses possibilities of defining the operational definition of time in classical and quantum mechanics. Although it seems unproblematic in the classical case, in quantum mechanics, this task seems to be impossible. It leads to a major question of whether quantum mechanics and operationalism can be reconciled.

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operationalism, operational definition, Bridgman, definition of time, operational definetion of time, quantum mechanics, problem of time

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