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(2000) Synthese 124 (2).
What is a Newtonian system?
the failure of energy conservation and determinism in supertasks
Joseph S. Alper, Mark Bridger, John Earman , John D. Norton
pp. 281-293
Supertasks recently discussed in the literature purport to display a failure ofenergy conservation and determinism in Newtonian mechanics. We debatewhether these supertasks are admissible as Newtonian systems, with Earmanand Norton defending the affirmative and Alper and Bridger the negative.
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Alper, J. S. , Bridger, M. , Earman, J. , Norton, J. D. (2000). What is a Newtonian system?: the failure of energy conservation and determinism in supertasks. Synthese 124 (2), pp. 281-293.