In the letters contained in this book, David Bohm argues that the dominant formal, mathematical approach in physics is seriously flawed. In the 1950s and 60s, Bohm took a direction unheard of for a professor of theoretical physics: while still researching in physics, working among others with Yakir Aharanov and later Jeffrey Bub, he also spent time studying “metaphysics”—such as Hegel’s dialectics and Indian panpsychism. 50 years on, questions raised about the direction and philosophical assumptions of theoretical physics show that Bohm’s arguments still have contemporary relevance.
Discussions with Loinger, Rosenfeld and Schumacher.- Perception and
Panpsychism.- Facts and Inferences, The One and the Many, Charles
Biederman.- More on Psychology, Feyerabend and Pluralism.- Schumacher and
Niels Bohr.- Bohr versus Von Neumann.- Differing Relevance
Judgements.- Kuhn and Incommensurability. Summary on the Quantum.
A lifelong socialist, Chris Talbot has a PhD in General Relativity. He lectured in mathematics at the University of Huddersfield, researching in Engineering Mathematics. Now retired he has returned to work on the letters of David Bohm whom he greatly admired as a student with an interest in Marxist philosophy.
