Ideas on the philosophy of science

Prof. von WEIZSACKER divides his talk in two part. In the first part, he gives a definition of the word "philosophy". In the second part, he examines the philosophy of science through the knowledge that we process today

Pauli Manuscript Collection: Citation from "Raum-Zeit-Darstellung und Determinismus"

Citation of a paper: Space-time representation and determinism

Pauli Manuscript Collection: Bewusstsein und Unbewusstes

Excerpt of "Ueber den Begriff der Erkenntnis", 1934

The meaning of quantum theory

1- presentation of quantum theory in present-day physics. 2- a flash-back on the history : from Planck to Copenhagen. 3- the Copenhagen interpretation. 4- reconstrucction of Abstract Quantum Theory. 5- recent interpretations. 6- the philosophy of the mind. 7- concrete quantum theory. 8- the non-locality. This second tape contains the debate following the talk of the professor

Political and moral consequences of science

In the first part, Prof. von WEIZSACKER deals with the political and moral situation for the scientists today. Then he speaks about the concrete problems of our times, often connected with science : social-economic problems, ecological problems and the problem of peace and war

Pauli letter collection: letter to Wolfgang Pauli

Weizsäcker gives his interpretation of Bohr's complementarity

Pauli Manuscript Collection: Über einige Begriffe aus der Naturwissenschaft Goethes

On some concepts of Goethe about science

I grandi della fisica: da Platone a Heisenberg

Parmenide ; Platone ; Aristotele ; Copernico, Keplero, Galilei ; Galileo Galilei ; Cartesio ; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ; Cartesio, Newton, Leibniz, Kant ; Immanuel Kant ; Johann Wolfgang Goethe ; Robert Meyer ; Albert Einstein ; Niels Bohr ; Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac ; Niels Bohr e Werner Heisenberg, un ricordo del 1932 ; Werner Heisenberg ; Heisenberg, fisico e filosofo ; l'interpretazione filosofica della fisica moderna