Malament–Hogarth Machines

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 71 (3):1143-1153 (2020)
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This article shows a clear sense in which general relativity allows for a type of ‘machine’ that can bring about a spacetime structure suitable for the implementation of ‘supertasks’. 1Introduction2Preliminaries3Malament–Hogarth Spacetimes4Machines5Malament–Hogarth Machines6Conclusion

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The philosophy of computer science.Raymond Turner - 2013 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Supertasks.Jon Pérez Laraudogoitia - 2008 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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