Wave-Particle Duality and Quantum-Classical Analogy

The Black Swan: Yeats and the Science of the Unknown

Irish University Review ◽

10.3366/iur.2017.0285 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

pp. 350-359

Author(s):

Aoife Lynch

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Scientific Theory ◽

Black Swan ◽

Max Planck ◽

Universal History ◽

New Concepts ◽

Wave Particle Duality ◽

Paradigmatic Change

This essay views science as a creative mask for the poetry and philosophy of W.B. Yeats. It explores the changing worldview which occurred at the beginning of the twentieth century with the discovery of wave-particle duality by Max Planck in 1900. It considers the new concepts of reality which arose at this time in relation to modernism and Yeats's response to the paradigmatic change of era he was a part of. Accordingly, the poet's understanding of universal history in A Vision (1925, 1937) is used alongside close readings of his poetry to evince an argument which unites that poetry with philosophy, scientific theory, and modernism as aspects of one universe of knowledge which refracts different aspects of itself through the prism of time.

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THE NOTHING THAT REALLY IS!

JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN PHYSICS ◽

10.24297/jap.v12i1.172 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 4172-4177

Author(s):

Abdul Malek

Keyword(s):

Quantum Dynamics ◽

Theoretical Physics ◽

Historical Evolution ◽

Proper Understanding ◽

Physical Universe ◽

Wave Particle Duality ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Materialist Interpretation

The denial of the existence of contradiction is at the root of all idealism in epistemology and the cause for alienations.Â This alienation has become a hindrance for the understanding of the nature and the historical evolution mathematics itself and its role as an instrument in the enquiry of the physical universe (1).Â A dialectical materialist approach incorporatingÂ the role of the contradiction of the unity of the opposites, chance and necessity etc., can provide a proper understanding of the historical evolution of mathematics andÂ may ameliorate Â the negative effect of the alienation in modern theoretical physics and cosmology. The dialectical view also offers a more plausible materialist interpretation of the bewildering wave-particle duality in quantum dynamics (2).

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The Obligation to Choose

10.1093/oso/9780198815976.003.0002 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Rachel Crossland

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Close Attention ◽

The Past ◽

Light Quanta ◽

Early Twentieth Century ◽

Wave Particle Duality ◽

Night And Day ◽

Scientific Ideas

Chapter 1 explores Woolf’s writings up to the end of 1925 in relation to scientific ideas on wave-particle duality, providing the ‘retrospect of Woolf’s earlier novels’ which Michael Whitworth has suggested shows that she was working ‘in anticipation of the physicists’. The chapter as a whole challenges this idea of anticipation, showing that Woolf was actually working in parallel with physicists, philosophers, and artists in the early twentieth century, all of whom were starting to question dualistic models and instead beginning to develop complementary ones. A retrospect on wave-particle duality is also provided, making reference to Max Planck’s work on quanta and Albert Einstein’s development of light quanta. This chapter pays close attention to Woolf’s writing of light and her use of conjunctions, suggesting that Woolf was increasingly looking to write ‘both/and’ rather than ‘either/or’. Among other texts, it considers Night and Day, Mrs Dalloway, and ‘Sketch of the Past’.

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Critique of Wave-Particle Duality of Single-Photons

Journal for General Philosophy of Science ◽

10.1007/s10838-021-09564-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Varun S. Bhatta

Keyword(s):

Single Photons ◽

Wave Particle Duality

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Mixed Methods Research and Quantum Theory: Q Methodology as an Exemplar for Complementarity

Journal of Mixed Methods Research ◽

10.1177/15586898211019497 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 155868982110194

Author(s):

Susan Ramlo

Keyword(s):

Quantum Theory ◽

Mixed Methods ◽

Mixed Methods Research ◽

Q Methodology ◽

Wave Particle Duality

In 1989, Jennifer Greene and colleagues introduced the idea of complementarity in mixed methods research (MMR) without referencing the parallels within physics. Complementarity in physics represents the idea that two contrasted theories are necessary to explain a set of phenomena, such as the wave–particle duality. Few MMR studies provide clear examples of complementarity, and some have questioned if complementarity is possible. However, the creator of Q methodology, William Stephenson, physicist and psychologist, made numerous connections between his methodology and quantum theory, including complementarity. The purpose of this article is to describe complementarity within Q methodology and physics and connect these definitions to complementarity as discussed within the MMR community.

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