The Infinite

A.W. Moore (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2001 | 2nd New edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-25285-0 (ISBN)

Infos

An historical study of the infinite, covering all its aspects, from the mathematical to the mystical. Moore discusses not only Aristotle and Zeno, but also Cantor, Godel and Wittgenstein, and examines God, mortality and human finitude.

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Anyone who has pondered the limitlessness of space and time, or the endlessness of numbers, or the perfection of God will recognize the special fascination of this question. Adrian Moore's historical study of the infinite covers all its aspects, from the mathematical to the mystical.

Inhalt

History 1. Early Greek thought 2. Aristotle 3. Medieval and Renaissance thought 4. The Calculus 5. The Rationalists and the Empiricists 6. Kant 7. Post-Kantian Metaphysics of the Infinite 8. The Mathematics of the Infinite, and the impact of Cantor Reactions Part 2: Infinity Assessed 10. Transfinite Mathematics 11. The Lowenheim-Skolem Theorem 12. Godel's Theorem 13. Saying and Showing 14. Infinity assessed. The History re-assessed 15. Human Finitude

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.1.2001
• Reihe/Serie: Problems of Philosophy
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 216 mm
• Gewicht: 363 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• ISBN-10: 0-415-25285-7 / 0415252857
• ISBN-13: 978-0-415-25285-0 / 9780415252850
• Zustand: Neuware