In order for an object to pass from point A to point B, it must first traverse half the distance between those two points, and then half of the remaining distance, and so forth. Therefore A can never logically reach point B. This scenario best illustrates:
a. ?the relativity of truth
b. ?philosophical inconsistency
c. ?a Kuhnian paradigm clash
d. ?Zeno's paradox
ANSWER:
d
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