SubsidieMeestersNiels Bohr for the 21st Century
This ERC project aims to clarify Niels Bohr's philosophical legacy by systematically analyzing underexplored writings and bridging gaps between physics, philosophy, and biology.
Projectdetails
Introduction
Niels Bohr has been hugely influential both in physics and outside physics, but he is also hugely misunderstood, partly because a few of his writings have been overstudied at the expense of many others. This ERC project is devoted to his philosophical legacy and will establish an unprejudiced understanding of Bohr, building on a current revival of interest in Bohr’s ideas in the philosophy of physics, and extending it among other things to his wider influence in other scientific disciplines, specifically in biology, and on general debates such as on science and objectivity.
Project Objectives
The project will systematically exploit the resources of the Niels Bohr Archive in Copenhagen, which has only recently started digitising its collections.
Ambitions
This ERC project has the ambition to:
- Rectify historical misjudgements.
- Build bridges between:
- Physics and philosophy.
- Different schools in the philosophy of physics.
- Philosophy of physics and philosophy of biology.
- Analytic philosophy and continental philosophy.
The relevant resources are only now becoming more widely available.
Methodology
It is a large and methodologically novel project, combining philosophy and history, involving the systematic study of extensive sources, and including applications to:
- Philosophy of physics.
- Philosophy of biology.
- General philosophy of science.
Historically informed analysis has long proved to be an important tool in the philosophy of science, and the project will lead the way in applying a historically accurate understanding of Bohr’s thought to 21st-century debates.
Financiële details & Tijdlijn
Financiële details
| Subsidiebedrag | € 2.500.000 |
| Totale projectbegroting | € 2.500.000 |
Tijdlijn
| Startdatum | 1-9-2023 |
| Einddatum | 31-8-2028 |
| Subsidiejaar | 2023 |
Partners & Locaties
Projectpartners
- UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHTpenvoerder
Land(en)
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