Medina, Luis Carlos
(2009)
Evolution Nodes in Newtonian Supertasks.
THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 24 (2).
pp. 229-247.
ISSN 2171-679X
Abstract
The present article provides an analysis of the instants of a system that performs a Newtonian supertask. For each instant it studied the possibility of the system having, from the instant in question, more than one possible course of evolution; i.e. the possibility of it being an evolution node. This analysis shows that some supertasks presented as deterministic in Pérez Laraudogoitia (2007) are in fact indeterministic and specifies the difficulties ahead in showing the radical indeterminism suggested by Atkinson & Johnson (2009).
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ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) |
| Keywords: |
critical instant, evolution node, failure of energy conservation, indeterminism, Newtonian Mechanics, supertasks |
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| Date Deposited: |
28 Feb 2014 00:03 |
| Last Modified: |
28 Feb 2014 00:03 |
| Item ID: |
10374 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science |
| Publisher: |
Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco |
| Official URL: |
http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/vi... |
| DOI or Unique Handle: |
10.1387/theoria.444 |
| Date: |
May 2009 |
| Page Range: |
pp. 229-247 |
| Volume: |
24 |
| Number: |
2 |
| ISSN: |
2171-679X |
| URI: |
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10374 |
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