Zeno’s arrow flies. Not in a single, isolated configuration, or world. But in a configuration or world that is part of a FAPP-continuous world history. Like a tangent through a point on a circle is not a property of the point alone, but of the point as embedded into a continuum of points on the circle, the arrow’s flight, including its instantaneous velocity, is not a property of the configuration alone, but of it as being embedded in a FAPP-continuous world history. Without a circle, there is no tangent. Without a world history, there is no movement of the arrow.

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Conclusion and Outlook

  • Alexander Ehmann

摘要

Zeno’s arrow flies. Not in a single, isolated configuration, or world. But in a configuration or world that is part of a FAPP-continuous world history. Like a tangent through a point on a circle is not a property of the point alone, but of the point as embedded into a continuum of points on the circle, the arrow’s flight, including its instantaneous velocity, is not a property of the configuration alone, but of it as being embedded in a FAPP-continuous world history. Without a circle, there is no tangent. Without a world history, there is no movement of the arrow.