Argument and Logic

Argument and Logic

PHI/105

February 3, 2012

On Rabbits and Emotion

The partisan Zeno and his beliefs is the closest example to the text excerpts on rabbits and motion. His belief was that reality is one and so his anti-motion was to frame such hypothesis. Zeno argued that for a rabbit to move itself, it will first need to use an immeasurable amount of both time and movement, but there was no way movement could actually be in existence. Zeno argument was that he felt if a rabbit had movement, the amount of space that it would take up would be the same as its length. However, Zeno last statement about a rabbit occupying the same amount of space as its length, somewhat contradicted his previous statement because if the rabbit occupied the same amount of space as its length, the rabbit will not be able to move because it would then be at rest.

Argument and Logic

Since Zeno required that rabbits use an infinite amount of time and space to give themselves movement, he was quick to make a point that rabbits cannot possibly move. Zeno problem is that his reasoning does not clarify his conclusion even though his logic and reasoning for his theory is clear for both excerpts. The argument that makes sense is Zeno’s second argument which describes a rabbit taking up the same amount of space as its length with its every movement. However, Zeno contradicts his own statement once again about the rabbit moving in the first place by saying a rabbit is immobile because it takes up the same amount of space as its length.

Strengths and Weaknesses

The first strength that the excerpt has is that in order to pass to the next point, it is clear that a rabbit must get to the point that it travels, and each of the points would have to take a given amount of time in order to get to it.

The weakness of the first excerpt is revealed when it claims the rabbit has to move from hole to hole, but the distance from one hole to the other will matter...