PHIL201

Recommended: Students should be comfortable with moderately mathematical presentations. Placement into MATH110 or higher is strongly recommended. Credit only granted for: PHIL201 or PHIL209I. Formerly: PHIL209I. Einstein believed that physics should represent a "reality in space and time, free from spooky action at a distance." He worried that quantum theory failed this test. Later developments suggest that quantum systems really can influence one another instantly, no matter how far apart they are, but the question remains controversial and experiments are not sufficient to provide an answer. This self-contained course will draw on philosophy and physics to investigate the controversy.