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1. Aporia

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   Metaphysical Aporia (The Paradox of Motion)
   A significant divergence from the pedagogical use of aporia occurs in Eleatic metaphysics, particularly in the paradoxes attributed to Zeno of Elea. Zeno of Elea's arguments against motion (such as Achilles and the Tortoise) are not structured as dialogues seeking to expose ignorance, but as demonstrations that the very structure of observable reality leads to inescapable logical absurdities if one assumes the continuity o…

2. Motion

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   Ancient and Pre-Socratic Views
   The earliest systematic inquiries into motion often derived from cosmological models. Parmenides famously argued against the reality of motion, proposing that change is illusory because true being must be singular, changeless, and indivisible. This stance led to paradoxes, such as Zeno’s paradoxes of the dichotomy and [Achilles and the Tortoise](/entries/achilles-and-the-tortoise/…

3. Paradoxes

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   Historical Development
   The earliest systematic cataloging of logical conflicts is often attributed to the Greek Eleatic school, particularly Zeno of Elea (c. 490–430 BCE). Zeno's paradoxes, such as Achilles and the Tortoise or the Arrow Paradox, challenged fundamental assumptions about the nature of space, time, and motion. These problems persisted for centuries until the formaliza…