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The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 2002 53(2):161-182; doi:10.1093/bjps/53.2.161
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Zeno's Arrow, Newton's Mechanics, and Bell's Inequalities

Leonard Angel1

1 Philosophy and Humanities Department, Douglas College, New Westminster, BC, Canada. leonard_angel{at}douglas.bc.ca

A model of a new version of Zeno's arrow paradox is presented in a plausible extension of Newtonian collision mechanics. In exploring various avenues for resolution of the paradox, it becomes evident that a prerelativistic classical physical topology which is locally deterministic can mechanically generate nonclassical ontological properties such as the appearance of a particle in many places at once. It can also mimic some properties of quantum physics, including unprepared spatially-separated correlations.

1 Zeno's arrow paradox

2 Newtonian collision mechanics and extensions of it

3 Our initial condition (IC)

4 Demonstrating the model paradox

5 Resolving the paradox

6 Unprepared correlations in spatially-separated events

7 Lessons


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