{
  "id": "1601.07545",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2016-01-27T08:34:22.000Z",
  "updated": "2016-01-27T08:34:22.000Z",
  "title": "Beyond Complementarity",
  "authors": [
    "R. E. Kastner"
  ],
  "comment": "Comments welcome",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "physics.hist-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "It is argued that Niels Bohr ultimately arrived at positivistic and antirealist-flavored statements because of weaknesses in his initial objective of accounting for measurement in physical terms. Bohr's investigative approach faced a dilemma, the choices being (i) conceptual inconsistency or (ii) taking the classical realm as primitive. In either case, Bohr's `Complementarity' does not adequately explain or account for the emergence of a macroscopic, classical domain from a microscopic domain described by quantum mechanics. A diagnosis of the basic problem is offered, and an alternative way forward is indicated.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2016-01-27T08:34:22.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "complementarity",
      "niels bohr",
      "bohrs investigative approach",
      "conceptual inconsistency",
      "microscopic domain"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}