Stadium paradox

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Zeno's paradox motion paradox paradox philosophical problem thought experiment

The Stadium paradox is one of Zeno of Elea’s motion paradoxes that challenges the coherence of relative speed and discrete time by analyzing rows of moving bodies passing each other in a stadium.

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Label	Occurrences
Stadium paradox canonical	3
Stadium argument	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Zeno's paradox ⓘ motion paradox ⓘ paradox ⓘ philosophical problem ⓘ thought experiment ⓘ
addressesConcept	continuity ⓘ discrete time ⓘ infinite divisibility ⓘ kinematics ⓘ motion ⓘ relative speed ⓘ relativity of motion ⓘ temporal measurement ⓘ
aimsToShow	difficulties in reconciling motion with atomistic time ⓘ incoherence of assuming discrete time with standard kinematics ⓘ
describedIn	Aristotelian physics ⓘ surface form: Aristotle's Physics
formulates	apparent contradiction in relative speed ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Moving rows paradox ⓘ Stadium (Zeno's paradox) ⓘ Stadium paradox ⓘ surface form: Stadium argument
hasAuthor	Zeno of Elea ⓘ
hasCenturyOfOrigin	5th century BCE ⓘ
hasInterpretation	argument for the continuity of time ⓘ challenge to atomistic theories of time ⓘ illustration of problems with naive relative velocity reasoning ⓘ
hasLanguageOfFirstFormulation	Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasOriginPlace	Elea ⓘ
hasSetting	stadium ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
involves	bodies moving in opposite directions ⓘ discrete time steps ⓘ equal speeds ⓘ equal-sized bodies ⓘ relative positions ⓘ rows of moving bodies ⓘ
partOf	Paradoxes of motion ⓘ surface form: Zeno's paradoxes of motion
relatedTo	Achilles and the tortoise ⓘ surface form: Achilles and the Tortoise Arrow paradox ⓘ Dichotomy paradox ⓘ philosophy of physics ⓘ philosophy of time ⓘ
usedIn	analyses of the foundations of mechanics ⓘ discussions of discrete versus continuous models of time ⓘ teaching of philosophy of science ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zeno of Elea → paradox → Stadium paradox ⓘ

Paradoxes of motion → includes → Stadium paradox ⓘ

Arrow paradox → isRelatedTo → Stadium paradox ⓘ

Stadium paradox → hasAlternativeName → Stadium paradox ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stadium argument