Kant or Cantor? that the Universe, if Real, Must be Finite in Both Space and Time

Philosophy 46 (176):121-132 (1971)
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This paper has two parts. In the first, I try to show that Russell's arguments against the thesis of Kant's first antinomy are unsatisfactory; in the second, I argue that the Universe, if transcendentally real, must be finite in both space and time.

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