The Principal Paradox of Time Travel.
Most arguments against the possibility of time travel use the same old, familiar objection: If I could travel back in time, then I could kill my earlier (i.e. younger) self. Since I do exist such an action would result in a contradiction. Therefore time travel is impossible. This is a statement of t...
| Publicado en: | Ratio Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 48 - 65 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr1997
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