<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We present a neglected heterodox version of Zeno’s paradox of the Stadium, underlining some problems that a discrete kinematics would have to account for. Building on our reconstruction of the Stadium argument we provide new arguments to show that a discrete kinematics cannot uphold three independently plausible assumptions about motion, that we label <italic>No Switching</italic>, <italic>Granular Continuity</italic> and <italic>Different Velocities</italic>, and hence it should drop at least one.</p></abstract>

We present a neglected heterodox version of Zeno’s paradox of the Stadium, underlining some problems that a discrete kinematics would have to account for. Building on our reconstruction of the Stadium argument we provide new arguments to show that a discrete kinematics cannot uphold three independently plausible assumptions about motion, that we label No Switching, Granular Continuity and Different Velocities, and hence it should drop at least one.

Pre-Socratic Discrete Kinematics

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We present a neglected heterodox version of Zeno’s paradox of the Stadium, underlining some problems that a discrete kinematics would have to account for....

Pre-Socratic Discrete Kinematics

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2018

Pages: 21 - 31

Reçu: 01 juin 2012

Accepté: 05 nov. 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2013-0002

Mots clés
Zeno’s Paradoxes, Discreteness, Space and Time, Motion, Velocity

© 2013 Claudio Calosi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Pre-Socratic Discrete Kinematics

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2018

Pages: 21 - 31

Reçu: 01 juin 2012

Accepté: 05 nov. 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2013-0002

Mots clésZeno’s Paradoxes, Discreteness, Space and Time, Motion, Velocity

© 2013 Claudio Calosi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Zeno’s Paradoxes, Discreteness, Space and Time, Motion, Velocity