Language reform and Philosophical imperialism: Another round with Zeno
I wish to take issue with this statement, and will show (i) that the paradoxes not only arise in ordinary language, but that the only genuine solution is a linguistic one based on an analysis of the term 'infinite'; (ii) that this analysis and this solution are not recent innovations of " Oxbridge " philosophy but have a long tradition; (iii) that there are other legitimate interests in the paradoxes--what some wish to call another "solution "; (iv) that these interests or "solutions" are not in conflict unless Philosophical Imperialism enters the picture. By Philosophical Imperialism I mean that all too common tendency to take philosophical methods, doctrines or results from one area of philosophy and uncritically and heavy-handedly use them as applicable to or normative for the whole. I call this "Another Round With Zeno "