Infinite Leap: the Case Against Infinity

Abstract

Infinity exists as a concept but has no existence in actuality. For infinity to have existence in actuality either time or space have to already be infinite. Unless something is already infinite, the only way to become infinite is by an 'infinity leap' in an infinitely small moment, and this is not possible. Neither does infinitely small have an existence since anything larger than zero is not infinitely small. Therefore infinity has no existence in actuality.

Categories

Add categories

Keywords

Reprint years

Links

PhilArchive

External links

  • This entry has no external links. Add one.
Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

  • Only published works are available at libraries.

My notes

Similar books and articles

Science, Religion, and Infinity.Graham Oppy - 2012 - In J. B. Stump & Alan G. Padgett (eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity. Chichester, UK: Wiley. pp. 430-440.
On the Infinite in Mereology with Plural Quantification.Massimiliano Carrara & Enrico Martino - 2011 - Review of Symbolic Logic 4 (1):54-62.
Intuition and infinity: A Kantian theme with echoes in the foundations of mathematics.Carl Posy - 2008 - Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 63:165-193.
The Theistic Argument from Infinity in Early Modern Philosophy.Philip Clayton - 1996 - International Philosophical Quarterly 36 (1):5-17.
Infinite Reflections.Peter Suber - unknown
Negative, infinite, and hotter than infinite temperatures.Philip Ehrlich - 1982 - Synthese 50 (2):233 - 277.
Infinity: the quest to think the unthinkable.Brian Clegg - 2003 - [Berkeley, Calif.]: Publishers Group West.
To infinity and beyond: a cultural history of the infinite.Eli Maor - 1987 - Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Edited by Ian Stewart.
Infinity: new research frontiers.Michał Heller & W. H. Woodin (eds.) - 2011 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
Hasdai Crescas and Spinoza on Actual Infinity and the Infinity of God’s Attributes.Yitzhak Melamed - 2014 - In Steven Nadler (ed.), Spinoza and Jewish Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 204-215.
Paradoxes of the Infinite Rest on Conceptual Confusion.Jeremy Gwiazda - manuscript
Oppy, infinity, and the neoclassical concept of God.Daniel A. Dombrowski - 2007 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 61 (1):25 - 37.
The Concept of the Infinite and the Crisis in Modern Physics.Steven M. Rosen - 1983 - Speculations in Science and Technology 6 (4):413-425.

Analytics

Added to PP
2014-09-26

Downloads
219 (#91,082)

6 months
50 (#88,287)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references