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Dlaczego chrześcijańska wiara nie jest zabobonem
No full textRecenzja książki: Michał Heller, Tadeusz Pabjan, Stworzenie i początek wszechświata, Copernicus Center Press, Kraków 2013, s. 177
Czy metafizyka może być eksperymentalna?
No full textRecenzja książki: Tadeusz Pabjan, Eksperymentalna metafizyka. Johna S. Bella filozofia mechaniki kwantowej, Copernicus Center Press, Kraków 2011, ss. 368
Some remarks on the conflict between faith and science
Get PDFThis paper deals with the conflict between faith and science. Since the issue is extensive,
only selected aspects of this question are discussed. At first, the origin of the problem is
outlined – it is argued, that the fundamental difference between the language and the
method of science on one hand and of theology understood as a rational reflection on
the truths of faith on the other is responsible for the conflict. Afterwards, two aspects
of the conflict are presented – the first one concerns inconsistencies which appear on
the plane of content – when some scientific statements or theorems seem to deny some
theological claims; the second one involves differences in mentality and in worldview
which appear on the plane of attitude. It is argued, that the content discrepancies can
be eliminated with the help of two methods: of separation and of catharsis. But the
differences in mentality which appear on the plane of attitude cannot be so easily
eliminated. So finally the characteristics of these two different attitudes – of faith and
of science – is discussed. It is argued, that a fundamental dissimilarity between the
character of scientific knowledge (especially its empiricism) and of religious faith is
a basic source of mutual estrangement and alienation
O naukowych i filozoficznych implikacjach problemu brakującej masy
No full textThe article deals with the so called missing mass problem which during the last three decades has become one of the most serious difficulties in physics. There is some strong empirical evidence that the Universe contains not only matter that can be seen (by telescopes or radio telescopes) but the huge quantities of the unseen matter as well. The ordinary matter known to physics is but a small part of all matter the Universe is composed of. The missing mass is supposed to be in the form of the dark matter and the dark energy. In the paper the arguments in favor of the existence of these two entities are outlined, and some scientific as well as philosophical implications of the missing mass problem are discussed. It is argued that all the proposed solutions of this problem lead to serious changes in the scientific and philosophical worldview
Jedyna tajemnica mechaniki kwantowej
No full textThe double slit experiment is a relatively simple physical test that can be useful for demonstrating the corpuscular-wave dualism of light and matter, which is the supreme mystery of the whole quantum physics. A particular riddle here is especially the mechanism responsible for the formation of a interference pattern in a situation when single quantum objects pass through the experimental setup. In the article the main idea of the experiment is discussed and two possible explanations of its results are briefly shortly presented: the view of the Copenhagen school and the de Broglie-Bohm’s pilot wave theory
Krótka (pre)historia argumentu EPR
No full textThe 1935 thought experiment of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen is one of the most important episodes in the history of the dispute about the correct interpretation of quantum mechanics. The present paper deals with the origin of the EPR paper and discusses some other thought experiments that preceded the formulation of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument. Special attention is paid to the evolution of a simply photon-box experiment, which was devised by Einstein in 1930 and then modified by him several times before 1935. It is argued that the scheme of the original EPR argument is in fact contained in these few seminal experiments
Krótka historia Principiów Newtona
No full textThe Polish translation of the most famous treatise of Newton has just been published, which is a good opportunity to recall some of the episodes related to the origin of Principia. In the first part of this three piece paper, the historical context is presented, in which unsolved scientific problems – specially those of planetary motions – were discussed before Newton; in the second part, the circumstances of the process of the writing of the Principia are outlined; in the third part, some facts are recalled which show that not all scientists and philosophers at once recognized the value and the importance of Newton’s treatise. Finally, some remarks on the Polish edition are made
Druga rewolucja kwantowa: dziedzictwo Johna S. Bella
No full textThe history of quantum mechanics is divided into two periods which are labeled as the first and the second quantum revolutions. During the first of these periods mathematical formalism of quantum theory was formulated and interpreted, during the second – new quantum technologies were developed. It turns out that conceptual revolution of the first period enabled technological revolution of the second. In this article it is argued, that Irish physicist, John S. Bell, played an important role in the process of triggering the second quantum revolution. His work on quantum entanglement of the EPR particles made possible elaborating some new methods and theoretical approaches clarifying the quantum description of single objects. These methods and approaches became the core of new scientific domains which are hybrids of quantum mechanics and some classical sciences. The quantum cryptography and the quantum computation are examples of such domains and in the paper special attention is paid to them. It is showed that theoretical analyses of John S. Bell provide a conceptual background for these disciplines and this is why it’s not improper to call this physicist – as Alain Aspect did – a prophet of the second quantum revolution
O konwencjonalnym charakterze pojęcia jednoczesności w Szczególnej Teorii Względności
No full textTo be able to determine the simultaneity of distant events, one has to make use of a convention. Einstein's famous definition of simultaneity, which sets e=1/2 , is a case of such a convention. The problem, dealt with in this paper, is to answer the question of whether the choice of such a convention is obligatory or not. The partisans of conventionality of simultaneity argue, that the standard synchronization procedure of clocks, based on the Einstein's definition, is not necessitated by facts concerning the physical universe, but can be replaced by any procedure originating from the definition of simultaneity, given 0 < e < 1. The present article contains some arguments in favor of, as well as against, the conventionality of simultaneity. Apart from Einstein's standard synchronization procedure, special attention is paid to Reichenbach's definition of simultaneity and Malament's theorem. Some attempts at giving an absolute definition of simultaneity are also presented. Finally, an argument from the rationality of the world is formulated
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