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Zenonian arguments in quantum mechanics

László Ropolyi Péter Szegedi

pp. 253-256

Abstract

Zeno's Dichotomy aporia says: "Motion is impossible, because an object in motion must reach the half-way point before it gets to the end (Telos)". In the recent philosophical literature there are several kinds of interpretations: negative and positive dialectics, atomism, radical empiricism, finitism, infinitism, indefinitism, etc. The scientific reflections on the paradoxes time to time produce different types of "resolutions" of these problems.[1] Most of these treatments use some kind of measure concept which can be questioned.[2] Instead of resolution, we suggest to apply Zeno's results which can be explored by some kind of interpretation.

Publication details

Published in:

Greenberger Daniel, Zeilinger Anton (1999) Epistemological and experimental perspectives on quantum physics. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 253-256

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1454-9_25

Full citation:

Ropolyi László, Szegedi Péter (1999) „Zenonian arguments in quantum mechanics“, In: D. Greenberger & A. Zeilinger (eds.), Epistemological and experimental perspectives on quantum physics, Dordrecht, Springer, 253–256.