The form of the Benardete dichotomy

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 56 (2):397-417 (2005)
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Abstract

Benardete presents a version of Zeno's dichotomy in which an infinite sequence of gods each intends to raise a barrier iff a traveller reaches the position where they intend to raise their barrier. In this paper, I demonstrate the abstract form of the Benardete Dichotomy. I show that the diagnosis based on that form can do philosophical work not done by earlier papers rejecting Priest's version of the Benardete Dichotomy, and that the diagnosis extends to a paradox not normally classified as a dichotomy. I show how the form is exploited to generate paradox. Introduction The form of the Benardete dichotomy 2.1 The unsatisfiable pair diagnosis Applying the unsatisfiable pair diagnosis 3.1 Perez Laraudogoitia 3.2 Hawthorne 3.3 Angel 3.4 Yablo and Sorensen Exploiting the form

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Paradox without Self-Reference.Stephen Yablo - 1993 - Analysis 53 (4):251-252.
Infinity.José A. Benardete - 1964 - Oxford,: Clarendon Press.
A beautiful supertask.Jon Perez Laraudogoitia - 1996 - Mind 105 (417):81-83.

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