Approaching Infinity [[electronic resource] /] / by M. Huemer
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Huemer M
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| Titolo: |
Approaching Infinity [[electronic resource] /] / by M. Huemer
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2016. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (XIII, 275 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 111/.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Metaphysics |
| Mathematics—Philosophy | |
| Logic | |
| Philosophy of Mathematics | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Approaching Infinity addresses seventeen paradoxes of the infinite, most of which have no generally accepted solutions. The book addresses these paradoxes using a new theory of infinity, which entails that an infinite series is uncompletable when it requires something to possess an infinite intensive magnitude. Along the way, the author addresses the nature of numbers, sets, geometric points, and related matters. The book addresses the need for a theory of infinity, and reviews both old and new theories of infinity. It discussing the purposes of studying infinity and the troubles with traditional approaches to the problem, and concludes by offering a solution to some existing paradoxes. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Approaching Infinity |
| ISBN: | 1-349-71960-9 |
| 1-137-56087-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910255346703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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