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Michel Bitbol (born March 12, 1954) is a French researcher in philosophy of science. He is "Directeur de recherche" at CNRS, previously in the Centre de Recherche en Epistémologie Appliquée (CREA) of École polytechnique (Paris, France).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.automatesintelligents.com/interviews/2004/juil/bitbol.html )〕 He is now a member of Archives Husserl, Ecole Normale Superieure (Paris, France).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://129.199.13.46/spip.php?rubrique142 )〕 == Career== His research interests are mainly focused on the influence of quantum physics on philosophy. He first worked on Erwin Schrödinger's metaphysics and philosophy of physics.〔E. Schrödinger, The interpretation of quantum mechanics (Dublin seminars 1949-1955), edited and with an introduction by M. Bitbol, Ox Bow Press, 1995〕 Using theorems demonstrated by Jean-Louis Destouches, Paulette Destouches-Février, and R.I.G. Hughes, he pointed out that the structure of quantum mechanics may be derived to a large extent from the assumption that microscopic phenomena cannot be dissociated from their experimental context.〔M. Bitbol, "La mécanique quantique comme théorie des probabilités généralisée", in: E. Klein & Y. Sacquin (eds.), Prévision et probabilités dans les sciences, Editions Frontières, 1998〕 His views on quantum mechanics converge with ideas developed by Julian Schwinger〔J. Schwinger, Quantum Mechanics. Symbolism of Atomic Measurements, Springer, 2003〕 and Asher Peres,〔A. Peres, Quantum Theory: Concepts and Methods, Kluwer, 1995〕 according to whom quantum mechanics is a "symbolism of atomic measurements", rather than a description of atomic objects. He also defends ideas close to Anton Zeilinger's, by claiming that quantum laws do not express the nature of physical objects, but only the bounds of experimental information. Along with this view, quantum mechanics is no longer considered as a physical theory in the ordinary sense, but rather as a background framework for physical theories, since it goes back to the most elementary conditions which allow us to formulate any physical theory whatsoever. Some reviewers suggested half-seriously to call this view of physics "Kantum physics". Indeed, Michel Bitbol often refers to the philosophy of I. Kant, according to whom one can understand the contents of knowledge only by analyzing the (sensorial, instrumental, and rational) conditions of possibility of such knowledge.〔(M. Bitbol, “Some steps towards a transcendental deduction of quantum mechanics”, Philosophia naturalis, 35, 253-280, 1998 )〕 He was granted an award by the French "Académie des sciences morales et politiques" in 1997, for his work in the philosophy of quantum mechanics. Later on, he concentrated on the philosophy of mind and consciousness,〔(M. Bitbol, “Is Consciousness Primary ?”, NeuroQuantology, 6, 53-71, 2008 )〕 defending a strongly anti-reductionist〔(M. Bitbol, “Ontology, matter and emergence”, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Science, 6, 293-307, 2007 )〕 and neo-Wittgensteinian view.〔(M. Bitbol, “Science as if situation mattered”, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Science, 1, 181-224, 2002 )〕 He collaborated with Francisco Varela on this subject. He participated in the 2002/2013 conferences of the Mind and Life Institute, whose aim is to promote a dialogue between science and Buddhism.〔P.L. Luisi (ed.), Mind & Life, Discussions with the Dalai-Lama on the Nature of Reality, Columbia University Press, 2008〕 He subsequently wrote a book developing a thoroughly relational reading of quantum mechanics, with due reference to the Buddhist concept of dependent arising.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://actu-philosophia.com/spip.php?article282 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nonfiction.fr/articleprint-3400-kant_nouveau_sage_tibetain_de_la_physique_quantique_.htm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michel Bitbol」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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