Remember that these people were writing long before we had calculus. With regard to the Arrow Paradox in particular: if you’re already comfortable with the notion of instantaneous rate of change, there is no paradox here. If you are not, and it seems sufficiently weird, then it may lead you to think there is.
Remember that these people were writing long before we had calculus. With regard to the Arrow Paradox in particular: if you’re already comfortable with the notion of instantaneous rate of change, there is no paradox here. If you are not, and it seems sufficiently weird, then it may lead you to think there is.