Stadium paradox
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The Stadium paradox is one of Zeno of Elea’s motion paradoxes that challenges the coherence of relative speed and discrete time by analyzing rows of moving bodies passing each other in a stadium.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stadium paradox canonical | 3 |
| Stadium argument | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2429169 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stadium paradox Context triple: [Zeno of Elea, paradox, Stadium paradox]
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A.
Protective Stadium
Protective Stadium is a modern multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue located in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Stade
Stade is a historic Hanseatic town in northern Germany known for its medieval harbor, brick Gothic architecture, and role as a former trading center on the Elbe River.
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C.
Palace of the Fans
Palace of the Fans was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball stadium in Cincinnati known for its ornate, theater-like grandstand design.
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UEFA Elite Stadium
A UEFA Elite Stadium is a top-tier football venue that meets the highest standards set by UEFA for hosting major international club and national team competitions.
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City Stadium
City Stadium is a historic outdoor football venue in Green Bay, Wisconsin, that served as the longtime home field of the Green Bay Packers before Lambeau Field.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stadium paradox Target entity description: The Stadium paradox is one of Zeno of Elea’s motion paradoxes that challenges the coherence of relative speed and discrete time by analyzing rows of moving bodies passing each other in a stadium.
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A.
Protective Stadium
Protective Stadium is a modern multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue located in Birmingham, Alabama.
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B.
Stade
Stade is a historic Hanseatic town in northern Germany known for its medieval harbor, brick Gothic architecture, and role as a former trading center on the Elbe River.
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C.
Palace of the Fans
Palace of the Fans was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball stadium in Cincinnati known for its ornate, theater-like grandstand design.
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D.
UEFA Elite Stadium
A UEFA Elite Stadium is a top-tier football venue that meets the highest standards set by UEFA for hosting major international club and national team competitions.
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E.
City Stadium
City Stadium is a historic outdoor football venue in Green Bay, Wisconsin, that served as the longtime home field of the Green Bay Packers before Lambeau Field.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zeno's paradox
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motion paradox ⓘ paradox ⓘ philosophical problem ⓘ thought experiment ⓘ |
| addressesConcept |
continuity
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discrete time ⓘ infinite divisibility ⓘ kinematics ⓘ motion ⓘ relative speed ⓘ relativity of motion ⓘ temporal measurement ⓘ |
| aimsToShow |
difficulties in reconciling motion with atomistic time
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incoherence of assuming discrete time with standard kinematics ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Aristotelian physics
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surface form:
Aristotle's Physics
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| formulates | apparent contradiction in relative speed ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Moving rows paradox
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Stadium (Zeno's paradox) ⓘ Stadium paradox ⓘ
surface form:
Stadium argument
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| hasAuthor | Zeno of Elea ⓘ |
| hasCenturyOfOrigin | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
argument for the continuity of time
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challenge to atomistic theories of time ⓘ illustration of problems with naive relative velocity reasoning ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfFirstFormulation | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasOriginPlace | Elea ⓘ |
| hasSetting | stadium ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| involves |
bodies moving in opposite directions
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discrete time steps ⓘ equal speeds ⓘ equal-sized bodies ⓘ relative positions ⓘ rows of moving bodies ⓘ |
| partOf |
Paradoxes of motion
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surface form:
Zeno's paradoxes of motion
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| relatedTo |
Achilles and the tortoise
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surface form:
Achilles and the Tortoise
Arrow paradox ⓘ Dichotomy paradox ⓘ philosophy of physics ⓘ philosophy of time ⓘ |
| usedIn |
analyses of the foundations of mechanics
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discussions of discrete versus continuous models of time ⓘ teaching of philosophy of science ⓘ |
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Subject: Stadium paradox Description of subject: The Stadium paradox is one of Zeno of Elea’s motion paradoxes that challenges the coherence of relative speed and discrete time by analyzing rows of moving bodies passing each other in a stadium.
Referenced by (4)
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Stadium argument