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Potential vs. Actual Infinity

July 21, 2019 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

The idea of infinity is problematic, but what if the problem is all in our heads? Aristotle explores the idea that paradoxes of infinity arise because our minds can repeat an action without any specified limit, not because an actual infinite number of things exist.

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