Comments on Laraudogoitia's 'Classical Particle Dynamics, Indeterminism and a Supertask'

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-133

  Earman, John ^a   Norton, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0039680624     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/49.1.123     Document Type: Article

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