The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Grounds of Validity of the Laws of Logic: Further Consequences of Four Incapacities’

Term: 
Continuum
Quote: 

All the arguments of Zeno depend on supposing that a continuum has ultimate parts. But a continuum is precisely that, every part of which has parts, in the same sense.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1869). Grounds of Validity of the Laws of Logic: Further Consequences of Four Incapacities
Date: 
1869
References: 
W 2:256; CP 5.335
Citation: 
‘Continuum’ (pub. 30.03.15-17:01). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-grounds-validity-laws-logic-further-consequences-four-incapacities.
Posted: 
Mar 30, 2015, 17:01 by Mats Bergman