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Grim Reaper paradox
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「Grim Reaper paradox」は、ベナルデーテのパラドックスに関連する哲学的課題であり、無限に数えられる死神（Grim Reapers）が順次、ある時間に対象の人物（生存している場合）を殺すという設定のもと、その殺害に一定の時間が必要となることを前提に論じられるパラドックスです。
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A philosophical problem related to Benardete's paradox, but involving countably many Grim Reapers, each of which will kill the person in question at a certain time (if still alive), taking a certain period of time to do it.
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Grim Reaper paradox
Philosophers often cite the Grim Reaper paradox to illustrate how countably many agents, each scheduled to kill the subject at a specific time and each taking a finite interval to do so, can produce a startling contradiction about future events.
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Philosophers often cite the Grim Reaper paradox to illustrate how countably many agents, each scheduled to kill the subject at a specific time and each taking a finite interval to do so, can produce a startling contradiction about future events.
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