Benardete Paradoxes, Causal Finitism, and the Unsatisfiable Pair Diagnosis.

We examine two competing solutions to Benardete paradoxes: causal finitism, according to which nothing can have infinitely many causes, and the unsatisfiable pair diagnosis (UPD), according to which such paradoxes are logically impossible and no metaphysical thesis need be adopted to avoid them. We...

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Published in:	Mind (0026-4423) Vol. 134; no. 534; pp. 397 - 422
Main Authors:	Schmid, Joseph C, Malpass, Alex
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Apr2025
Subjects:	Paradox Metaphysics Philosophy of mind Theory of knowledge Philosophical research
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