I don't think this is a particulary important criticism. One could
make exactly the same point about all continuos processes, and come up
with Zeno-like paradoxes. However, as a mathematical structure,
analysis is perfectly self consistent, and does not have troubling
"infinitessimals" even though we intuitively understand the subject in
that way.
>
> The concept of the observer-moment is at the heart of much of our thinking.
> I believe this is a problem, because the very words 'observer moment' are
> self-contradictory.
>
> How can you have an observer (a consciousness) in a moment (a snapshot in
> time). Think about it. In which snapshot (universe) did that thought occur?
> I am not proposing any solution to this problem - just pointing out that any
> edifice built on the idea of an observer-moment is bound to crumble.
>
> James
>
>
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