Quantum Theory and Logic

Abstract

The continued discussion about the so-called logical problems of quantum theory (QT) [cf., e.g., Reichenbach’s book, recent issues of Dialectica and Philosophy of Science] is due to the absence of a recognized physical axiomatics to which these problems could be referred for settlement. The failure of various attempts to reconstruct QT on the basis of simple physical postulates is a sign that a complete understanding of QT has not yet been achieved, or else that something entirely new is involved in such a reconstruction.

Abstract of paper read on February 20, 1950, at a meeting of the Philosophy of Science Group of the British Society for the History of Science. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the British Society for the History of Science, Vol. 1, No. 4 (October 1950), 99–101.