Infinity, causation, and paradox
Prsentación del editor: "Infinity is paradoxical in many ways. Some paradoxes involve deterministic supertasks, such as Thomson's Lamp, where a switch is toggled an infinite number of times over a finite period of time, or the Grim Reaper, where it seems that infinitely many reapers can pr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press
2018
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991000957019708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Infinity, paradox, and mathematics
- 2. Infinite regresses
- 3. Supertasks and deterministic paradoxes
- 4. Paradoxical lotteries
- 5. Probability and decision theory
- 6. The axiom of choice machine
- 7. Refinement, alternatives, and extensions
- 8. Discrete time and space
- 9. A first cause
- 10. Conclusions
- References
- Index.
