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On some paradoxes of the infinite
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 42 (2):187-194 (1991)
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In the paper below the authors describe three super-tasks. They show that although the abstract notion of a super-task may be, as Benacerraf suggested, a conceptual mismatch, the completion of the three super-tasks involved can be defined rather naturally, without leading to inconsistency, by means of a particular kinematical interpretation combined with a principle of continuityAuthor's Profile
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