Peeking at the Impossible

Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 38 (4):527-534 (1997)
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The question of the interpretation of impossible pictures is taken up. Penrose's account is reviewed. It is argued that whereas this account makes substantial inroads into the problem, there needs to be a further ingredient. An inconsistent account using heap models is proposed

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The Leibniz continuity condition, inconsistency and quantum dynamics.Chris Mortensen - 1997 - Journal of Philosophical Logic 26 (4):377-389.
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