Infinity: An Essay in MetaphysicsClarendon Press, 1964 - 289 pagina's |
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Pagina 226
... Hyperboreans ) are uncount- able , innumerable , numberless , quite without number , in- finitely many . Do the Hyperboreans mean by these words ( they speak flawless Swahili ) what the Swahilis mean ? Yes , mutatis mutandis . In the ...
... Hyperboreans ) are uncount- able , innumerable , numberless , quite without number , in- finitely many . Do the Hyperboreans mean by these words ( they speak flawless Swahili ) what the Swahilis mean ? Yes , mutatis mutandis . In the ...
Pagina 227
... Hyperboreans call countable , and ( we might add ) ( 3 ) any collection which the Hyperboreans call uncountable , the Swahilis also call uncountable . When we say that , ontologically speaking , the natural numbers are absolutely ...
... Hyperboreans call countable , and ( we might add ) ( 3 ) any collection which the Hyperboreans call uncountable , the Swahilis also call uncountable . When we say that , ontologically speaking , the natural numbers are absolutely ...
Pagina 229
... Hyperboreans mean by ' number ' and indeed ' natural number ' what we , as Swahilis , mean by those terms ? Yes ... Hyperborean , must admit that there are infinitely many stars , even in his own vulgar sense of ' infinite ' . If ...
... Hyperboreans mean by ' number ' and indeed ' natural number ' what we , as Swahilis , mean by those terms ? Yes ... Hyperborean , must admit that there are infinitely many stars , even in his own vulgar sense of ' infinite ' . If ...
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INFINITY | 1 |
HYPERMATHEMATICS | 72 |
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