Original scientific paper
Achilles and the Ambiguities in th Concept of the Infinite - Meršić's Approach
Srećko Kovač
; Institut za filozofiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Meršić sees the origin of Zeno’s paradox ‘Achilles’ in the ambiguities of the concept of the infinity. According to him (and to the tradition started by Gregory St. Vincent), those ambiguities are resolved by the concept of convergent geometric series. In this connection, Meršić proposes a general ontological theory with the priority of the finite over the infinite, and, proceeding from Newton’s concept of fluxion, he develops a modal interpretation of differential calculus.
Keywords
infinite; differential; fluxion; formation moment, geometrical series; intensionality; finite; Mate Meršić; Zeno of Elea
Hrčak ID:
66818
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Publication date:
7.12.2009.
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