S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it (Dec 2016)
L’influenza di Einstein sul pensiero di Popper
Abstract
Einstein’s Influence on Popper’s Thought In a BBC radio programme Popper acknowledged his debt to Einstein saying that Einstein’s influence on his thinking was immense and that he mainly made explicit certain points that were implicit in the work of Einstein. In fact, in various writings Einstein presents his critical attitude toward any scientific theory: of particular interest is Einstein’s article «Induktion und Deduktion in der Physik» (1919) that can be considered a concentrate of Popper’s views of science. In the second part of the paper are presented the views of Popper on quantum mechanics and his defense of objectivity and realism. Popper opposes the idea, which he associates with the Copenhagen interpretation, that the theories describing quantum phenomena are about the subjective states of the human observers. Following the lead of Einstein, Popper emphasizes that scientific theories should be interpreted as attempts to describe a mind-independent reality.
