What makes a classical concept classical? Toward a reconstruction of Niels Bohr's philosophy of physics

In Niels Bohr and Contemporary Philosophy. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 201--230 (1994)
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— Niels Bohr, 19231 “There must be quite definite and clear grounds, why you repeatedly declare that one must interpret observations classically, which lie absolute ly in thei r essenc e. . . . It must belong to your deepest conviction—and I cannot understand on what you base it.”.

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