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A new interpretation, closer to the original Greek text, of the ‘Flying Arrow’ argument will be proposed. The complex dialectic formed by the 4 arguments concerning motion will be exposed. Source of illustration image: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9non_d%27%C3%89l%C3%A9e#/media/Fichier:Zeno_of_Elea_Tibaldi_or_Carducci_Escorial.jpg
UPDATE 05/05/20 : the scientific events being cancelled “until further notice” at the Sorbonne, this study day is also cancelled My participation proposal was selected for the “Illusion and Disillusionment” Study Day on June 16, 2020 organized by the Philo’Doctes association more info here (french) : http://philo-doctes.paris-sorbonne.fr/spip.php?article236 and there : http://philo-doctes.paris-sorbonne.fr/spip.php?article239 Source of illustration image: […]
Draft article in response to the article “When Science Confronts Philosophy: Three Case Studies” by Eric Dietrich: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10516-019-09472-9. It seems to me that including the case of the paradoxes of Zeno is not really wise compared to my own work (which E. Dietrich does not seem to have read) Connections between mathematics and the paradoxes […]
I am happy to have had the opportunity to present part of my research work during the conference on March 3 of the HiPhiS 2020 seminar cycle more info here (french) : https://epistemologie.umontpellier.fr/hiphis/conferences.html#4634 The main content of this presentation comes largely from my first article (Foundations of Science 2018) to which was added results from […]
The logical solution of Zeno’s paradoxes of motion The results of my work concerning the famous paradoxes of Zeno of Elea, where I conclude that they are in reality paradoxes of immobility! Why Zeno’s Paradoxes of Motion are Actually About Immobility. Foundations of Science, 2018, 23 (4), pp.649-679. ⟨10.1007/s10699-017-9544-9⟩ Published on-line on Nov. 8th 2017 […]