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For , if we assume that the world has no beginning in time , then up to every given
moment there has passed away in the world an infinite series of successive
states of things.1 “ Now , ” argued Kant , " the infinity of a series consists in the
fact ...
For , if we assume that the world has no beginning in time , then up to every given
moment there has passed away in the world an infinite series of successive
states of things.1 “ Now , ” argued Kant , " the infinity of a series consists in the
fact ...
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A row of points A passes a fixed stadium S , also composed of points , at the rate
of one point per instant . The two diagrams in Figure 3 represent A in relation to S
at successive instants . Suppose also that another row of points B moves at the ...
A row of points A passes a fixed stadium S , also composed of points , at the rate
of one point per instant . The two diagrams in Figure 3 represent A in relation to S
at successive instants . Suppose also that another row of points B moves at the ...
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This hypothesis can be reconciled with the possibility of Achilles catching the
tortoise , provided we introduce the further hypothesis that , as he comes
indefinitely near to his quarry , he performs in the limit an infinite number of
successive acts ...
This hypothesis can be reconciled with the possibility of Achilles catching the
tortoise , provided we introduce the further hypothesis that , as he comes
indefinitely near to his quarry , he performs in the limit an infinite number of
successive acts ...
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Universal Time I The Elimination of Time | 1 |
Trend and Symmetrical Time | 5 |
Irreversible Phenomena | 10 |
Urheberrecht | |
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