David Bohm and collective movement

The random-phase approximation (RPA) as an approach for computing the electronic correlation energy is reviewed. After a brief account of its basic concept and historical development, the paper is devoted to the theoretical formulations of RPA, and its applications to realistic systems. With several illustrating applications, we discuss the implications of RPA for computational chemistry and materials science. The computational cost of RPA is also addressed which is critical for its widespread use in future applications. In addition, current correction schemes going beyond RPA and directions of further development will be discussed.

show abstract

“…Historical accounts of the work of Bohm and Pines can be found in Refs. [48][49][50] as well as in Refs. [35,40].…”

Section: A Early Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

Random-phase approximation and its applications in computational chemistry and materials science

Ren¹,

Rinke²,

Joas³

et al. 2012

J Mater Sci

555

593

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…After all, his early work on plasma in the late 1940s, which is said to have reflected his Marxist commitments, was done under a conviction that "electrons in plasma and in metals [are] capable of combining collective action with individual freedom, a combination that he pursued in his personal and political life". 196 Then, disappointed in Marxism, which betrayed the individual, distorted the society, and completely ignored the cosmic dimension of man as "the human relationship to the whole, to the totality of what is", 197 Bohm started to follow more spiritual paths. However, after a short period of time being involved with the esotericism of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, and a relatively long period with Krishnamurti from the early 1960s up to the late 1970s, Bohm realised not only that these esoteric perspectives completely downplayed the social dimension of man but also that they practiced a rather dogmatic and cultish individualism, which compromised also the very cosmic dimension they were claiming to had heartfully jointly embraced.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Waterfalls, Societies, and Temperaments – Fragmentation and Wholeness in the Lives and Work of David Bohm and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Kožnjak

2022

Synth. philos. (Online)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

U ovom članku analiziram dosad većinski zanemarene društvene i psihologičke korijene filozofije cjelovitosti u Davida Bohma i Georga Wilhelma Friedricha Hegela. Bohmu je Hegel bio najsnažniji filozofijski utjecaj kroz njegov zreo intelektualni život, međutim, kako se dokazuje u članku, Bohmovo nepodnošenje fragmentacije i njegova naklonost prema cjelovitosti, značajno odražena u njegovoj fizici i filozofiji znanosti, ustvari je ostvarenje posebnih društvenih sklonosti i psihologičkih odrednica njegova ranog emocionalnog i intelektualnog razvoja za koji je Hegelova filozofija bio ključni razumski katalizator u kasnijem životu. Društvene sklonosti i psihičke odrednice Bohmova ranog razvoja nadalje se dokazuju kao upečatljivo slične onima koje su mladog Hegela navele na nošenje s pojmom cjelovitosti tijekom njegova života. Ovaj članak također donosi biografske dokaze za Bohmovo cjeloživotno zanimanje za Hegela te analizira stanje učenosti o njegovu hegelijanizmu, prirodi Hegelove filozofije kako se odražava u Bohmovu radu i razloge za nekako neočekivano disciplinarno zanemarenje ključnog utjecaja Hegelove filozofije na Bohmovu filozofiju.

show abstract

“…Let me give two examples. Alexei Kojevnikov shows how the notion of "collective motion" by communist physicists created novel science (Kojevnikov 1999(Kojevnikov , 2002. This is independent of the bromide that maybe the actors themselves were not staunch communists (Gorelik, 2005).…”

Section: The Real Objectivity Reflection Modellingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Friedrich Engels’ Importance for Contemporary Materialist Epistemology

Kircz¹

2022

Marxism &Amp; Sciences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this contribution for Friedrich Engels' bicentennial birthday, we investigate to what extent the epistemological ideas of F. Engels, based in nineteenth-century science, can serve as stepping stones towards a novel materialistic epistemology given de contemporary state of the sciences. I look at Engels as an historical figure in his nineteenth-century context with strong and pertinent emancipatory ideas, who understood the need of a materialistic epistemology for the emancipatory project he and Karl Marx envisioned. In this contribution I will focus especially on his Anti-Dühring and his Dialectics of Nature, in their nineteenth-century context. Secondly, I will use his intensions in writing these inspirational works as a basis for further reflections on the sciences and their possible contribution to human emancipation. In particular, I will touch upon the issue of to what extent scientific theories represent the known world and to what extent theories in the natural sciences and biology can serve as a model for the humanities and sociology. In other words, if we consider the world materialistically, that is to say, it exists independently of what the human race as offspring of this world makes of it, how can the early inroads of Engels and Marx in making this world intelligible, help us today in rescuing humankind from self-inflicted disaster.

show abstract

David Bohm and collective movement

Cited by 21 publications

References 30 publications

Random-phase approximation and its applications in computational chemistry and materials science

Random-phase approximation and its applications in computational chemistry and materials science

Waterfalls, Societies, and Temperaments – Fragmentation and Wholeness in the Lives and Work of David Bohm and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Friedrich Engels’ Importance for Contemporary Materialist Epistemology

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About