…Beyond this, he argued against motion and against place. Suffice to say, Zeno’s paradoxes have since his day provided problems for philosophers and mathematicians alike. Let us examine some of Zeno’s arguments. i. Arguments against Plurality Many of Zeno’s arguments can be dizzyi…
… in the films and film theory of Ken Jacobs, Hollis Frampton, and Michael Snow. Paradoxes such as Zeno’s paradox, Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, and Benoît Mandelbrot’s fractal theory of geometry, which inform the work of these filmmakers, propose and repeat the unresolvable gap…
A TOM ( ἄτομος ) is a body which cannot be cut in two. The atomic theory is a theory of the constitution of bodies, which asserts that they are made up of atoms. The opposite theory is that of the homogeneity and continuity of bodies, and asserts, at least in the case of bodies…
ANTi-History of the functionalist paradigm in organization theory: using the lens of March and Simon's Organizations The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available on Emerald Insight at: March and ANTi-History of the functionalist Simon’s paradigm in organiz…
In its historical development, the notion of infinitesimal proved to be an ambiguous entity both in philosophy as well as in mathematics. The Aristotelian distinction between actual and potential infinity seemed to be predicated upon... more In its historical development, the not…
1 + 1 = 3, for large values of 1. % 1 Billion dollars of budget deficit = 1 Gramm-Rudman 6.023 x 10 to the 23rd power alligator pears = Avocado's number 2 pints = 1 Cavort Basic unit of Laryngitis = The Hoarsepower Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight line 6 Curses = …
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…ctic by arguing that only his transcendental idealism can allow us to avoid the paradoxes or confusions of traditional metaphysics. We will comment first on Kant’s direct argument for transcendental idealism and then on his indirect argument for it through the critique of traditi…
…t is generated based on data provided by Crossref . Sattler, Barbara M 2021. VI—Paradoxes as Philosophical Method and Their Zenonian Origins . Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Vol. 121, Issue. 2, p. 153. Della Rocca, Michael 2021. Tamers, deniers, and me . Philosophical S…
…d much more. In the case of Zeno I did my best to penetrate the 'secret' of his paradoxes and discover what Zeno wanted to do with them. In a sense, a lot of dust has hopefully been removed from each thinker, of those born in ancient Elea. The book starts with a glance at the ter…
…apers by Barbara Sattler What about Plurality? Aristotle’s Discussion of Zeno’s Paradoxes Download Time is Double the Trouble: Zeno's Moving Rows Download A Likely Account of Necessity, Plato’s Receptacle Traditional interpretations of Plato’s receptacle identify it either as spa…
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Anaxagoras (c.500—428 B.C.E.) Anaxagoras of Clazomenae was an important Presocratic natural philosopher and scientist who lived and taught in Athens for approximately thirty years. He gained notoriety for his materialistic views, particularly his contention that the sun was a fie…
… nonclassical logics and their philosophical uses, for example, in the study of paradoxes. PHIL 3218: Feminist Theory Prof. Ayanna Spencer, TuTh 12:30 – 1:45 PM What is feminist theory? Why should anyone care about feminist theory when theory doesn’t guarantee action that leads t…