Hi, > Because zero even repeated an infinity of time is zero and is a natural > number. (1,1,1,...) can't be a natural number because it is not finite and a > natural number is finite. If it was a natural number, then N would not have a > total ordering.
Ok agreed: I was caught up in viewing it simply as an "indexing" scheme, but viewed constructively I of course agree. My error. >> I am becoming more and more an ultra-finitist. Arguments with infinity >> seem to be very based on the assumptions you make (about platonia or >> whatever) > > Finite and infinite concepts are dual concepts you can't leave one without > leaving the other. Could you elaborate some more on this? Regards, Günther -- Günther Greindl Department of Philosophy of Science University of Vienna [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.univie.ac.at/Wissenschaftstheorie/ Blog: http://dao.complexitystudies.org/ Site: http://www.complexitystudies.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
