The Holistic Aspect of the Phenomenon of Entanglement

Roberto Angeloni

doi:10.5281/zenodo.3462857

Roberto Angeloni Independent Researcher, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3462857

Keywords: Entanglement, Holism, Non-separability, Bohr, Schrödinger

Abstract

It is my aim to compare the conceptual and historical paths that led Bohr and Schrödinger to develop their positions with regard to the phenomenon of entanglement. For this purpose, the concept of holism and non-separability in relation to the views of Bohr and Schrödinger will be crucial for reconstructing their standpoints. The idea will be upheld that the concept of non-separability underlies the phenomenon of entanglement. Furthermore, I shall place emphasis on the divergences between Bohr and Schrödinger in spite of their shared holistic world view.

Author Biography

Roberto Angeloni, Independent Researcher, Italy

ROBERTO ANGELONI was a Marie Curie fellow at the University of Paris Diderot, France, after being awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska Curie fellowship. Since his PhD’s completion (University of Cagliari, Italy, 2011), Roberto Angeloni has organized several international workshops and seminars; he has participated in numerous international conferences, and has published two books and several papers in the field of the history and philosophy of science and history of physics. Angeloni’s research interests range over a great variety of themes: from the foundations of quantum theory to the history of contemporary philosophy, with particular regard to the neo–Kantian School of Marburg and the history of the philosophy of science in the

twentieth century.

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The Holistic Aspect of the Phenomenon of Entanglement

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