PHYS 312
Philosophical Implications of Modern Physics
Spring 2017
Division III
Quantitative/Formal Reasoning
Cross-listed
PHIL 312
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Class Details
Some of the discoveries made by physicists over the last century seem to show that our common sense views are deeply at odds with our most sophisticated and best confirmed scientific theories. The course will present the essential ideas of relativity theory and quantum theory and explore their implications for philosophy. We will ask, for example, what these theories tell us about the nature of space, time, probability and causality.
The Class:
Format: lecture
Limit: 20
Expected: 20
Class#: 3769
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 20
Expected: 20
Class#: 3769
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
attendance, participation, problem sets, exams, six 1- to 2-page papers and a 12- to 15-page term paper
Prerequisites:
MATH 140, high-school physics, and either a 200-level course in philosophy or a 100-level course in physics
Enrollment Preferences:
Philosophy majors and Physics majors
Distributions:
Division III
Quantitative/Formal Reasoning
Notes:
meets the Division 2 requirement if registration is under PHIL; Division 3 requirement if registration under PHYS
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
PHYS 312 Division III PHIL 312 Division II
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
PHYS 312 Division III PHIL 312 Division II
Attributes:
PHIL Contemp Metaphysics + Epistemology Courses
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PHYS 312 - 01 (S) LEC Philosophy and Modern Physics
PHYS 312 - 01 (S) LEC Philosophy and Modern PhysicsDivision III Quantitative/Formal ReasoningTR 11:20 am - 12:35 pm
Physics 1143769
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