Why do we insist that our god be infinite? Why would being bound in a nutshell world give us bad dreams? Why do we fear the cloister more than the agora? Longing and love have always “the expansion of ...
Is there an infinity of infinities? The question sounds almost absurd, like a child’s riddle meant to twist your brain into ...
Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in ...
Important update, Jan. 17 at 18:00 UTC: There have been a lot of objections raised about the video mentioned below and the way I describe the math therein. It’s more than I can simply add or update ...
No one knows for sure when mathematics went from being a functional system for keeping track of sheep to a philosophical system that transcended the objects it counted, but as well-known science ...
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Having looked at the infinite in philosophical and theological terms, it’s time to view it through the lens of mathematics. Adrian Moore introduces us to the pivotal role mathematics has played in the ...