1. Zeno's Metrical Paradox. The version of Zeno's argument that points to possible trouble in measure theory may be stated as follows: 1. Composition. A line segment is an aggregate of points. 2. Point-length. Each point has length 0. 3. Summation. The sum of a (possibly infinite) collection of 0's is [Book Review]

Philosophy of Science 55:58-73 (1988)
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