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Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net
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Monday Nov 22, 2010
Monday Nov 22, 2010
Zeno's paradoxes and Melissus develop the Eleatic philosophy
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If yes, how did you make it? If there are an infinite number of them, how did you reach the end? If you then want to suggest that there are an infinite number of finite increments, still, how did you make it to the end? It seems that since we are now stuck with the concept of infinity baked into all motion and being, we are left with an absurd position, no matter how you slice it. Xeno awaits refutation thusly.
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Xeno’s Paradox Redux When going across the tennis court, and reaching the half-way point, are you saying you traversed infinity? No, right? Okay. Then are you saying you traversed and infinite number of infinitely small increments, pertaining to an infinite number of infinitely small increments of time?
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
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