ZENOS ARROW AND CLASSICAL PHASE-SPACE LOGICS

被引:0
作者
WESTMORELAND, MD
SCHUMACHER, BW
机构
[1] Department of Mathematical Sciences, Denison University, Granville, 43023, Ohio
[2] Department of Physics, Kenyon College, Gambier, 43022, Ohio
关键词
LOGIC; ZENOS PARADOXES; MEASUREMENT;
D O I
10.1007/BF02275253
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We analyze the Zeno's familiar paradox of the arrow using recently developed non-Boolean derived logics for classical systems. We show that the paradox depends upon a premise that is identically false in such logics, so that the language of experimental propositions is immune to the paradox.
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页码:259 / 271
页数:13
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