
Publication details
Year: 2015
Pages: 2843-2861
Series: Synthese
Full citation:
, "A discrete solution for the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise", Synthese 192 (9), 2015, pp. 2843-2861.


A discrete solution for the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise
pp. 2843-2861
in: Magdalena Balcerak Jackson (ed), The roles of experience in a priori knowledge, Synthese 192 (9), 2015.Abstract
In this paper, I present a discrete solution for the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise. I argue that Achilles overtakes the tortoise after a finite number of steps of Zeno’s argument if time is represented as discrete. I then answer two objections that could be made against this solution. First, I argue that the discrete solution is not an ad hoc solution. It is embedded in a discrete formulation of classical mechanics. Second, I show that the discrete solution cannot be falsified experimentally.
Publication details
Year: 2015
Pages: 2843-2861
Series: Synthese
Full citation:
, "A discrete solution for the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise", Synthese 192 (9), 2015, pp. 2843-2861.