What the Tortoise Said to Achilles

Philosophia 42 (2):405-411 (2014)
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Continuing the conversation between Achilles and the tortoise begun by Carroll, this paper proves that, in a supertask context, there are free actions (in general, contingent states of affairs) that can be predicted by means of purely logical reasons

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10.1007/s11406-013-9499-1

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