Dialectical materialism and quantum physics the unpublished 1957 lectures of David Bohm in Israel Gutfreund, Hanoch 1935- creator author. Renn, J?urgen 1956- author. text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2025 2025 monographic eng remote 1 online resource : illustrations. This is the story of David Bohm's hitherto unpublished notes, uncovered from a series of lectures on quantum theory and dialectical materialism, given in Israel in 1957, to a group of Marxist physicists from the Hashomer Hatsair (young guard) movement. Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Setting the stage -- 1. The road to rebellion against the quantum orthodoxy -- 2. Correspondence with Albert Einstein -- 3. From Hegel to Marxist literature and dialectical materialism -- 4. Causality and Chance in Modern Physics -- 5. The Colston Symposium -- 6. Quantum theory in light of dialectical materialism -- 7. The new perspective opened up by Bohm -- 8. Bohm in Israel -- 2 Commentaries on Bohm's lectures: A framework of dialectical thinking Part I Philosophical questions raised in a new approach to the quantum theory -- 1. Opposites in classical physics (chapters 3.1-3.2) -- a. Continuous vs. discrete -- b. Causality vs. chance -- 2. First discussion of the notion of the infinity of nature (chapter 3.3) -- a. Criticism of the metaphysical position -- b. The meaning of the infinity of nature -- c. Back to causality and chance -- d. The relation between levels -- 3. Quantum theory-the notion of a subquantum level (chapters 3.4-3.8) -- 4. Criticism of the Copenhagen point of view (chapters 3.9-3.11) 5. Subject and object (chapter 3.12) -- 6. Identity and difference (chapter 3.13) -- 7. Dialectical logic in quantum mechanics (chapter 3.14) -- Part II General philosophical problems in light of the infinity of nature and the unity of opposites -- 8. The grand picture: Introduction to the lectures of Part II (chapter 3.15) -- 9. Dialectical formulation of the laws of nature (chapters 3.16-3.17) -- a. The universal, the particular, and the individual according to Hegel -- b. The universal, the particular, and the individual according to Bohm -- c. Universals and the levels of law 10. Concrete and abstract properties (chapter 3.18-3.19) -- a. Inner and outer -- b. Concrete and abstract universals -- 11. The theory of knowledge: between thinking and being (chapter 3.20) -- a. A brief history of Western philosophy of knowledge -- b. Bohm's analysis of the problem of knowledge -- 12. Systematic formulation of the unity of opposites and infinity of nature (chapter 3.21) -- a. The role of practice -- b. Bohm's quest for secure knowledge -- c. The distinction between reasoning and understanding -- d. One last time: the basic problem of epistemology -- 3 Lecture Notes (LN) Part I Philosophical Questions Raised in a New Approach to the Quantum Theory -- 1. Continuous vs. Discrete -- 2. Causality vs. Chance -- 3. Alternative to Metaphysical Position-Infinity of Nature -- QUANTUM THEORY -- [4] Experimental Foundation and Fundamental Theoretical Principles -- [5] Indeterminacy Principle -- [6] Brownian Motion Analogy -- [7] Heisenberg's Analysis of Process of Measurement -- [8] Interpretation in Terms of a Deeper Level -- [9] The Indeterminacy Principle-Usual Interpretation -- [10] The Principle of Complementarity -- [11] Criticism of Principle of Complementarity Specialized. specialized Hanoch Gutfreund, J?urgen Renn. Includes bibliographical references. Bohm, David 1917-1992 Dialectical materialism History 20th century Quantum theory History 20th century Matérialisme dialectique Histoire 20e siècle Théorie quantique Histoire 20e siècle History SCIENCE Quantum Theory Physics Philosophy & Social Aspects Dialectical materialism History Quantum theory History 1900-1999 fast 1957 fast QC174.125 .G8 2025 530.12 Works. Selections Bohm, David, 1917-1992 (OCoLC)1519662403 9780198945932 0198945930 9780198945925 0198945922 0198945906 9780198945901 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/61431 STBDS 250915 20260319210521.9 in00005728680 eng