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Time and Infinity

July 21, 2019 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

Could time be infinite? If so, then an infinite amount of time occurred before today. But an infinite can’t be traversed, so how did we get to today?

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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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Hilbert’s Hotel

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Supertasks

July 21, 2019 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

The idea of an infinite is paradoxical, but what if we can apply that paradox back on itself? A supertask is an infinite task that’s accomplished in a finite amount of time by dividing that time infinitely. Would that solve all out problems? Or is it cheating?

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Infinity and Length

July 21, 2019 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

Another paradox from the infamous Zeno.

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Zeno: Achilles & Tortoise Paradox

July 21, 2019 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

Eleatic philosopher Zeno poses a paradox of how motion is possible at all. His goal is to show that motion isn’t possible, and therefore this world is an illusion. Is he successful?

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