X-2018-01: O'Connell, David (2018) Supertasks and Spacetime. [Report]
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Abstract
In recent years, discussions of supertasks involved a particular class of physical models known as Malament-Hogarth spacetimes. One might wonder – what is the role of physical models in the philosophical discussion of supertasks? Why Malament-Hogarth spacetimes in particular? In this paper we trace the early history of relativistic supertasks, as well as the subsequent discussions of Malament-Hogarth spacetimes as physically-reasonable models of supertasks.
| Item Type: | Report | 
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| Report Nr: | X-2018-01 | 
| Series Name: | Technical Notes (X) Series | 
| Year: | 2018 | 
| Subjects: | Philosophy | 
| Depositing User: | 11404248 | 
| Date Deposited: | 02 Dec 2018 11:21 | 
| Last Modified: | 03 Dec 2018 12:58 | 
| URI: | https://eprints.illc.uva.nl/id/eprint/1649 | 
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