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Infinity : new research frontiers
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | Infinity : new research frontiers / edited by Michael Heller,... [and] W. Hugh Woodin,... |
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Cambridge, New York (N.Y.) :
Cambridge University Press
, 2011, cop. 2011 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (XIII-311 p.) |
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Infinity |
- Introduction / Rudy Rucker
- Part I. Perspectives on infinity from history
- 1. Infinity as a transformative concept in science and theology / Wolfgang Achtner
- Part II. Perspectives on infinity from mathematics
- 2. The mathematical infinity / Enrico Bombieri
- 3. Warning signs of a possible collapse of contemporary mathematics / Edward Nelson
- Part III. Technical perspectives on infinity from advanced mathematics
- 4. The realm of the infinite / W. Hugh Woodin
- 5. A potential subtlety concerning the distinction between determinism and nondeterminism / W. Hugh Woodin
- 6. Concept calculus : much better than / Harvey M. Friedman
- Part IV. Perspectives on infinity from physics and cosmology
- 7. Some considerations on infinity in physics / Carlo Rovelli
- 8. Cosmological intimations of infinity / Anthony Aguirre
- 9. Infinity and the nostalgia of the stars/ Marco Bersanelli
- 10. Infinities in cosmology / Michael Heller
- Part V. Perspectives on infinity from philosophy and theology
- 11. God and infinity : directions for future research / Graham Oppy
- 12. Notes on the concept of the infinite in the history of Western metaphysics / David Bentley Hart
- 13. God and infinity : theological insights from Cantor's mathematics / Robert J. Russell
- 14. A partially skeptical response to Hart and Russell / Denys A. Turner