His follower, Zeno extended this idea by conducting a paradox, which attempted to show that change (motion) and plurality are impossible. Paradoxes are arguments that seem logical but their conclusion is considered absurd or contradictory. Zeno had many paradox’s, but one of the one’s important to motion is the paradox of “Dichotomy” (Wesley salmo). The dichotomy paradox involves cutting things into pieces and that space is continuous. Zeno’s premise is that Achilles and tortoise are to race and the tortoise is give a head start since Achilles is the faster runner. For “Achilles to catch the tortoise, he must run to the tortoise’s initial place; then the tortoise will have advanced to a second place, so that Achilles must run on to the tortoise’s second place; and so on” (salmon pg). Achilles is the faster runner and logic would tell us that he should win the race but according to Zeno, that is not the case. If Achilles is to catch the tortoise, first he must get halfway, which takes a finite amount of time, and once he reaches that point, he then needs to complete the remain distance, which also takes a finite amount of time and so
His follower, Zeno extended this idea by conducting a paradox, which attempted to show that change (motion) and plurality are impossible. Paradoxes are arguments that seem logical but their conclusion is considered absurd or contradictory. Zeno had many paradox’s, but one of the one’s important to motion is the paradox of “Dichotomy” (Wesley salmo). The dichotomy paradox involves cutting things into pieces and that space is continuous. Zeno’s premise is that Achilles and tortoise are to race and the tortoise is give a head start since Achilles is the faster runner. For “Achilles to catch the tortoise, he must run to the tortoise’s initial place; then the tortoise will have advanced to a second place, so that Achilles must run on to the tortoise’s second place; and so on” (salmon pg). Achilles is the faster runner and logic would tell us that he should win the race but according to Zeno, that is not the case. If Achilles is to catch the tortoise, first he must get halfway, which takes a finite amount of time, and once he reaches that point, he then needs to complete the remain distance, which also takes a finite amount of time and so