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Wolfgang Pauli's philosophy and physics were intertwined. His philosophy wasa variety of Platonism, in which Pauli's affiliation with Carl Jung formed anintegral part, but Pauli's philosophical explorations in physics appearedbefore he met Jung. Jung validated Pauli's psycho-philosophical perspective.Thus, the roots of Pauli's physics and philosophy are important in the historyof modern physics. In his early physics, Pauli attempted to ground histheoretical physics in positivism. He then began instead to trust his intuitivevisualizations of entities that formed an underlying reality to the sensiblephysical world. These visualizations included holistic kernels ofmathematical-physical entities that later became for him synonymous with Jung'smandalas. I have connected Pauli's visualization patterns in physics during theperiod 1900 to 1930 to the psychological philosophy of Jung and displayed someexamples of Pauli's creativity in the development of quantum mechanics. Bylooking at Pauli's early physics and philosophy, we gain insight into Pauli'scontributions to quantum mechanics. His exclusion principle, his influence onWerner Heisenberg in the formulation of matrix mechanics, his emphasis on firmlogical and empirical foundations, his creativity in formulating electronspinors, his neutrino hypothesis, and his dialogues with other quantumphysicists, all point to Pauli being the dominant genius in the development ofquantum theory. Because Pauli was in a difficult individuation process duringhis early years, his own writings on philosophy tend to be sparse and oftencontradictory. My analysis of Pauli's physics and philosophy is based uponpublished and unpublished sources, and Pauli's later reflections. A pattern hasemerged. Pauli changed his mind from relying on high rationality andempiricism, to valuing intuitive metaphysical visualizations. This coupled withdisturbing events in his life precipitated a breakdown and led Pauli to seektreatment at the Jung Clinic. Pauli's psychological tension diminished after1932. His physics consistently involved symmetry and invariants. His philosophyallied with Jung's resembled a Platonism of combined psyche and physics. Paulisought a rational unification and foundation for his philosophy, but that goalwas cut short by his untimely death at the age of 58.

Wolfgang Pauli 1900 to 1930: His Early Physics in Jungian Perspective