Questions tagged [infinite]
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numerable diagonalization [closed]
If I understand Cantor demonstrated by using a strategy using the diagonal of a matrix, that there are decimal numbers which cannot be a part of an enumeration.
We can build a Table, the rows ...
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Can the PSR be true for everything except the universe?
There is something called the principle of sufficient reason: everything happens for a reason. I believe that everything happens for a reason because inductively, that has been the case every time. It ...
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Is having infinite amount of a quantity same as having none of it? [closed]
Ithink that if you have an infinite amount of material, you actually have none of it. I interpret this as you having imaginary material.
Am I correct in making this assessment?
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What does it mean for something to “break” infinite regress?
When it comes to the cosmological argument, proponents point out that a first cause is needed to stop an infinite regress of causes.
In epistemology, foundationalism is used to break the infinite ...
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Does Descartes conclude that imperfection implies perfection?
In the third meditation, does Descartes' knowledge of his limitations, or his imperfections, lead to his conclusion that there must be something limitless, something perfect?
In his third meditation, ...
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Why is infinite regress commonly discussed in the context of theology or metaphysics, when it implies a rather peculiar model of the universe?
I have witnessed infinite regress being used to "prove God as impossible" with the following objections:
If god is the creator, who created god?
If the universe needs to be intelligently ...
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Does Intelligent Design (ID) entail an infinite regress of designers, and if so, is that problematic?
We can arrive at an infinite regress of designers as follows:
Suppose that X is so complex that it's considered to show evidence of design. Accordingly, we infer that an intelligent designer must be ...
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Is universe INFINITE? [closed]
(My question might be asked a lot on this stack and I thank you if you mind mentioning it.)
So we know that bigbang wasn't a firecracker explosion but it was the expansion or more precise, inflation ...
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Was Wittgenstein a mathematical finitist?
Wittgenstein was a notorious critic of set theory, calling it "laughable nonsense". However, he also wholeheartedly rejected intuitionist logic of Brouwer and Weyl, saying "it is ...
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Finite and infinite temporal duration
I am trying to wrap my head around different philosophical concepts of 'forever'. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe there to be three versions of 'forever' in terms of temporal duration:
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Applying logic to the question of whether all of existence is infinite or not
Here, I use to exist as generally as possible; if it is an object, it exists; if it is conceivable, it exists; if it is anything, it exists; even the properties and relations themselves exist. ...
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Who came up with the traversing an infinity model of a guy eternally walking on tiles that appear and vanish behind him
I had a debate last year where I got my idea from a scholarly source that I didn't cite at the time. I'm looking to find it again.
As a rebuttal to the idea that an infinity cannot be traversed, this ...
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When can we arrive at a border but not cross it?
Does that mathematisation of consciousness allow us to think of arriving at a limit but not crossing (some things seem to suggest we do not cross borders we do get to)? Is that the case only for some ...
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Is this why infinite different worlds cannot exist?
I think that there can never be infinite different worlds because they would blow each other up. The logic chain goes something like this:
There are infinite different worlds
Each world is different
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Doesn't infinite regress go backward forever? Is SEP wrong?
I have always understood infinite regress to mean going backwards forever. (Forever as in endlessly, not necessarily temporally). A model would be the negative integers, if we viewed them as a model ...
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