Соответствия принцип¶

Correspondence Principle¶

One of the basic methodological principles governing the development of science. Philosophically, it expresses the movement of knowledge from relative to absolute truth, ever more complete truth. This principle was formulated by Bohr in 1913, at a time when concepts of classical physics were breaking down.

According to the Correspondence Principle, whenever scientific conceptions are broken down, the basic laws of a new theory, created as a result of this break-down, are such that in the extreme instance, given the appropriate value of some characteristic parameter of the new theory, they pass into the laws of the old theory. For example, the laws of quantum mechanics pass into the laws of classical mechanics provided it is possible to disregard the magnitude of a quantum of action.

The operation of the Correspondence Principle may be traced in the history of mathematics, physics and other sciences. It reflects the law-governed concatenation of old and new theories, following from the inner unity of qualitatively different levels of matter. This unity determines not only the integrity of science and its history, but also the vast heuristic role of the Correspondence Principle in the penetration of a qualitatively new realm of phenomena. A scientific understanding of the Correspondence Principle makes it possible to grasp the dialectics of the process of cognition, to demonstrate the insolvency of relativism.