Zeno's paradoxes and the tile argument

Philosophy of Science 54 (2):295-302 (1987)
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Abstract

A solution of the zeno paradoxes in terms of a discrete space is usually rejected on the basis of an argument formulated by hermann weyl, The so-Called tile argument. This note shows that, Given a set of reasonable assumptions for a discrete geometry, The weyl argument does not apply. The crucial step is to stress the importance of the nonzero width of a line. The pythagorean theorem is shown to hold for arbitrary right triangles

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Jean Paul Van Bendegem
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On Discrete Spaces.Ben Rogers - 1968 - American Philosophical Quarterly 5 (2):117--123.

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