Slip Slidin' Away

Post   : Slip Slidin' Away
URL    : http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2013/04/11/slip-slidin-away/
Posted : April 11, 2013 at 10:48 am
Author : Jon Awbrey

Re: Pip
At: http://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/zeno-proof-paradox/

The classical paradoxes of change and motion really have to do with a disconnect between two realms —

On the one hand we have the phenomenology.  There is no problem there since we obviously observe
all sorts of Achillean runners passing all sorts of Tortoises all sorts of times, the respective
handicaps of heels and hulls notwithstanding.

On the other hand we have the logical theories and mathematical models that we bring to bear on
the phenomena by way of trying to describe and explain them.

There’s the rub.  Get a model or theory that “saves the appearances” (solves the phenomena) and
the paradox disappears.

Transpose the phenomena from a classical mode to a quantum-mechanical, information-theoretic,
or ordinary logical key — and the note that resolves the chord is a trifle harder to find.

In a related development, we could hardly complete this course without mentioning the
logical version of Zeno’s Paradox given by Lewis Carroll —

Cf: ”What the Tortoise Said to Achilles”
At: http://www.ditext.com/carroll/tortoise.html

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