Copenhagenist

English

Etymology

Copenhagen +‎ -ist

Noun

Copenhagenist (plural Copenhagenists)

  1. (physics) One who believes in the Copenhagen interpretation.
    • 1986, Robert G. Colodny, From Quarks to Quasars: Philosophical Problems of Modern Physics:
      The Copenhagenist is relaxed on the first question but strict on the second, whereas the Popperian is relaxed on both questions.
    • 2009, Salvator Cannavo, Quantum Theory: A Philosopher's Overview, page 53:
      At this point it might be noted that Copenhagenists are sometimes characterized as hard-nosed positivists who renounce all physical ontologies for QT except sense data.
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