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Table 2.12
A classification of complementarities (or complementary pairs) based on the three
criteria of the complementarian logic (see Sect.
2.3.3
)
Transcend-
entality
(C)
Types of
complementarities
Exclusivity
(A)
Essentiality
(B)
Examples
I (Jamesian or
psychological
complementarity)
+
W. James (1890) (hysterical
anesthesia)
Einstein-Bohr debate (Herbert
1987)
Descartes (mind-body
dichotomy)
II (Bohrian or physical
complementarity)
+
+
N. Bohr (wave-particle duality;
kinematic-dynamic
complementarity
a
)
III (Lao-tsian or
philosophical
complementarity)
+
+
+
Complementarism (information
and energy as the
complementary aspects
of gnergy)
Lao-tse (Yin and Yang as the
complementary aspects
of the Tao)
Aristotle (matter and form are the
two aspects of hylomorph)
Spinoza (humans can know only
the thought and extension
aspects of substance)
Merleau-Ponty (Dillon 1997)
(mind and body as the
complementary aspects
of flesh)
a
See Sect.
2.3.5
may exist as in the Airy pattern formation by electrons; Sect.
2.3.3
) and
necessary
for the complete characterization of quons (Herbert 1987). It appears to me that the
Airy pattern can be accounted for equally well by two opposing views on quantum
reality - the Bohrian perspective based on nonreality of dynamic attributes of quons
and the Bohmian view that quons possess wave and particle properties simulta-
neously and intrinsically (Herbert 1987). Another way to describe the difference
between the Bohrian and Bohmian perspectives is to state that:
Wave and particle attributes of quantum entities or quons are complementary according to
Bohr and supplementary according to Bohm.
(2.51)
(See Statement 2.29 for the definitions of complementarity and supplementarity).
Since the concepts of
complementarity
and
supplementarity
are themselves
mutually exclusive, it may be stated that the Bohrian and Bohmian views on
quons are of the Type I complementarity as is the Einstein-Bohr debate.
The
kinematic-dynamic complementarity
is considered to be of Type II as well,
since kinematics and dynamics are mutually exclusive (i.e., one cannot replace, nor
