Philosophy class: What quantum physics tells us about reality

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Specification:

• Epistemology: what is knowledge?

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What quantum physics tells us about reality

• To what extent does our perception of the world (appearance) resemble the world (reality)?

• Can we rely on our senses to give us knowledge of reality?

• Does quantum physics undermine direct realism?

• If they knew what we do know, how might Berkeley and Locke have differed in their response to quantum physics?      

Jack Robertson, Queen Elizabeth’s School Barnet