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Paolo Mancosu provides an original investigation of historical and systematic aspects of the notions of abstraction and infinity and their interaction. A familiar way of introducing concepts in mathematics rests on so-called definitions by abstraction. An example of this is Hume…
By virtue of the originality and depth of its thought, Emmanuel Levinas's masterpiece, Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority, is destined to endure as one of the great works of philosophy. It is an essential text for understanding Levinas's discussion of "the Other," ye…
Las paradojas del infinito
by Sebestik, Jan, Bolzano, Bernard, Segura, Luis Felipe
fromMathema
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"Writing with clear knowledge and affection for the subject, the author introduces and explores infinite sets, infinite cardinals, and ordinals, thus challenging the readers' intuitive beliefs about infinity. Requiring little mathematical training and a healthy curiosity, the bo…
Everything and more: a compact history of infinity
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El infinito en todas direcciones
by Dyson, Freeman John, Tabakman, Roxana
fromSerie Metatemas
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