Comment on Von Weizsäcker

Mary Hesse

pp. 159-170

in: Peter Bieri, Rolf-Peter Horstmann, Lorenz Krüger (eds), Transcendental arguments and science, Berlin, Springer, 1979

Abstract

In his fascinating and wide-ranging paper, von Weizsäcker introduces his investigation into the subject of this Symposium by means of the transcendental question "How are scientific revolutions possible?", and its particularization "What is the meaning of quantum theory?" Since his discussion is subtle and in some places technical, I shall first try to set out an overview of his paper in the form of what I take to be his answer to the initial question.