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The New String Paradox

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Jon Pérez Laraudogoitia
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Abstract

I shall begin by discussing Benardete’s string paradox. Then, a new puzzle involving supertasks and causality (the new string paradox) is proposed and discussed. Finally, the new string paradox facilitates the discovery of a surprising example of irreversible mechanical process.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 80 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 143 - 154
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association

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Footnotes

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I am grateful to an anonymous referee of this journal for detailed comments. Research for this work is part of the research project FFI2009-12882 (funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation).

References

Benardete, José. 1964. Infinity: An Essay in Metaphysics. Oxford: Clarendon.Google Scholar
Starjinski, V. 1984. Mecánique Rationnelle. Moscow: Mir.Google Scholar