Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?

Bohr’s 1935 reply to the Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paper. It has a similar title but a different author and argument.

How to study this source

• What does quantum theory describe?

  coreEPR reality criterion and Bohr’s 1935 response

  Identify the point at which Bohr’s reply challenges the EPR measurement argument.

Ideas and questions

Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.

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