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Avoiding Infinite Masses

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The examples of dynamic supertasks analyzed to date in the philosophical literature, in which both determinism and the classical laws of conservation of energy and momentum are violated, all share the important limitation of requiring material systems of infinite mass. This paper demonstrates that this limitation is not necessary. This has important consequences for the scope and meaning of such violations.

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  1. Dept. De Logica Y Filosofia De La Ciencia, Universidad Del Pais Vasco Fac. De Filologia Paseo De La Univ, 5 Apartado 2111, Victoria-Gasteiz, 01006, Spain

    J. P. Laraudogoitia

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Laraudogoitia, J.P. Avoiding Infinite Masses. Synthese 156, 21–31 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-005-2212-6

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