The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics

Waves, Particles, and Quantum Entanglement (1x9)

Udgivelsesdato: Apr 23, 2020

Quantum mechanics rests on an apparent category mistake: Light can’t be both a wave and a particle, yet that’s what theory and experiments show. Analyze this puzzle from the realist and empiricist points of view. Then explore philosopher Arthur Fine’s “natural ontological attitude,” which reconciles realism and antirealism by demonstrating how they rely on different conceptions of truth.