Copenhagenist
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Copenhagen + -ist.
Noun
[edit]Copenhagenist (plural Copenhagenists)
- (physics) One who believes in the Copenhagen interpretation.
- 1986, Robert G. Colodny, From Quarks to Quasars: Philosophical Problems of Modern Physics:
- The Copenhagenist is relaxed on the first question but strict on the second, whereas the Popperian is relaxed on both questions.
- 2009, Salvator Cannavo, Quantum Theory: A Philosopher's Overview, page 53:
- At this point it might be noted that Copenhagenists are sometimes characterized as hard-nosed positivists who renounce all physical ontologies for QT except sense data.