Infinity: An Essay in MetaphysicsClarendon Press, 1964 - 289 pagina's |
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Pagina 106
... question , is the world finite or infinite ? This question will be ruled out as ' metaphysical ' in an opprobrious sense . It is written off as altogether meaningless , on the ground that no conceivable evidence might be adduced either ...
... question , is the world finite or infinite ? This question will be ruled out as ' metaphysical ' in an opprobrious sense . It is written off as altogether meaningless , on the ground that no conceivable evidence might be adduced either ...
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... question . Why this infinite chain of causation and not some other equally conceivable ? In order to raise this question Leibniz must appeal to a principle that lies beyond the principle of causality . The principle of causality ...
... question . Why this infinite chain of causation and not some other equally conceivable ? In order to raise this question Leibniz must appeal to a principle that lies beyond the principle of causality . The principle of causality ...
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... question cannot be answered - it scarcely makes any sense in the vulgar domain of Swahili numbers . One might as well undertake to answer the following questions . Does there exist a poor man X with n pennies ( n being prime ) such that ...
... question cannot be answered - it scarcely makes any sense in the vulgar domain of Swahili numbers . One might as well undertake to answer the following questions . Does there exist a poor man X with n pennies ( n being prime ) such that ...
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INFINITY | 1 |
HYPERMATHEMATICS | 72 |
COSMOLOGY I | 102 |
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