James F. Thomson | |
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| Born | 1921 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | 1984 |
| Alma mater | University of London |
| Spouse | |
Notable ideas | Thomson's lamp, supertasks |
James F. Thomson (1921–1984) was a British philosopher who devised the puzzle of Thomson's lamp, to argue against the possibility of supertasks (a word he also coined)