The New String Paradox

Philosophy of Science 80 (1):143-154 (2013)
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I shall begin by discussing Benardete’s string paradox. Then, a new puzzle involving supertasks and causality is proposed and discussed. Finally, the new string paradox facilitates the discovery of a surprising example of irreversible mechanical process.

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