Open AccessHERACLITUS, PARMENIDES AND ZENO:
Author(s) -
Raquel Anna Sapunaru,
Douglas Frederico Guimarães Santiago,
Anderson L Porto,
Beatriz R. Moraes,
Luisa Mapeli Veríssimo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of interdisciplinary debates
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2675-469X
DOI - 10.51249/jid.v3i01.680
Subject(s) - reductio ad absurdum , zeno's paradoxes , philosophy , quantum zeno effect , epistemology , literature , physics , art , quantum mechanics , metaphysics , open quantum system , quantum
This article tells the story of the proof known as reductio ad absurdum, through the biographies of Heraclitus, Parmenides and his disciple Zeno. Emphasis is placed on Zeno’s paradoxes and some classic demonstrations of modern mathematics, in which proof by reductio ad absurdum is used widely. In other words, we intend to discuss the logical-mathematical history of reductio ad absurdum, from the birth of logic in Heraclitus, Parmenides and Zeno and ipso facto to establish a relationship between Heraclitus, Parmenides and Zeno and modern mathematical logic. The method used was the bibliographic, referring mainly to secondary sources due to the strictly theoretical nature of the subject.