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My friends and I have gotten into an argument over whether or not there is/are

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 13:02:25 +0000

Space

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My friends and I have gotten into an argument over whether or not there is/are opposites to a circle. Both sides have some valid points, but the main idea is whether or not there are opposite shapes.

What makes Xeno's paradox paradoxical?

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2015 16:47:34 +0000

Space

Time

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What makes Xeno's paradox paradoxical? It sounds more like a trick question than a bona fide paradox. Achilles and the tortoise are going to have a half-mile race, and Achilles gives the tortoise a 1/4 mile head start. Suppose Achilles runs as fast as a decent male high school track athlete, and he can cover 1/2 mile in 2-1/2 minutes. He gives the tortoise a head start of 1/4 mile. According to a quick internet search, the average turtle moves at 3 to 4 mph. Let's say our tortoise is particularly fast, and moves at 5 mph. It thereby takes the tortoise 3 minutes to cover 1/4 mile. Achilles finishes 30 seconds ahead of the tortoise. Where's the paradox?

I know that there have been numerous contributions in philosophy discussing the

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:06:19 +0000

Space

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I know that there have been numerous contributions in philosophy discussing the divisibility of matter, e.g. Zeno's paradoxes. Are there contemporary debates regarding this topic still? Do you think it's plausible that matter can be divided infinitely? When we hear of experiments in modern physics where particles are collided and break into smaller pieces, does this constitute a division of matter? I understand I've asked a lot here. I hope the questions are related to each other enough that they can be addressed in a single response. Thank you!

I am a bit bewildered when I try to think about empty space. Does it make sense

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:03:53 +0000

Space

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I am a bit bewildered when I try to think about empty space. Does it make sense to think about space insofar as it is space? What sort of existence, if any, does it have? Is it nothing? Thank you!

Have Zeno's paradoxes of motion actually been satisfactorily solved? Physicists

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:46:31 +0000

Logic

Space

Time

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Have Zeno's paradoxes of motion actually been satisfactorily solved? Physicists and mathematicians I've read on the matter seem to regard them as no longer important, but never explain convincingly (for my money) why they're not still important. Have philosophers said anything interesting about them recently? Could you either succinctly explain how they've been solved or point me in the direction of good recent discussions?

I am looking for resources on a seemingly simple issue. I believe the seeming

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:10:08 +0000

Space

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I am looking for resources on a seemingly simple issue. I believe the seeming simplicity of this issue is quite deceptive: What is a "surface?" What allows anything to "touch?" Where does philosophy stand on this issue? Thank you for your time.

Can space be cognized by only verbal means or does it require experience to be

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:09:23 +0000

Space

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Can space be cognized by only verbal means or does it require experience to be understood? Let me show you what I am getting at. You could never imagine what the color red is from a description of it and I think most people see that as an intrinsic limitation on language. No matter how sophisticated the person listening/describing or how sophisticated the language used you would never know what red is without an experience of it. Is space equally ineffable when it comes to descriptions of it?

Since nothing could change without some kind of movement, and time would not be

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:22:50 +0000

Space

Time

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Since nothing could change without some kind of movement, and time would not be perceivable without some kind of change, why isn't time fundamentally motion. Likewise, since space would not be perceivable without some sort of motion, why isn't space fundamentally motion as well? In other words, what part of space or time is conceivable without bringing motion into the explanation?

Can the theory that everything that exists exists in time and space, which is

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:37:48 +0000

Space

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Can the theory that everything that exists exists in time and space, which is materialism as I understand it, explain how things have motion as well? Motion is not itself a thing that can be located within time and space it is only the word that we apply to the effect of something changing position in a continuous manner. But if the only things which exists exists in time and space what is there to move the things that is in motion? Certainly not something else which is in time and space since that demands as well an explanation for it's movement.

Would the idea of 3 dimensional space be possible without vision?

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:31:49 +0000

Perception

Space

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Would the idea of 3 dimensional space be possible without vision?