Infinity : new research frontiers
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Infinity : new research frontiers
Cambridge University Press, 2013
- : pbk
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
"First published 2011, First paperback edition 2013" -- t.p. verso
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This interdisciplinary study of infinity explores the concept through the prism of mathematics and then offers more expansive investigations in areas beyond mathematical boundaries to reflect the broader, deeper implications of infinity for human intellectual thought. More than a dozen world-renowned researchers in the fields of mathematics, physics, cosmology, philosophy and theology offer a rich intellectual exchange among various current viewpoints, rather than displaying a static picture of accepted views on infinity. The book starts with a historical examination of the transformation of infinity from a philosophical and theological study to one dominated by mathematics. It then offers technical discussions on the understanding of mathematical infinity. Following this, the book considers the perspectives of physics and cosmology: can infinity be found in the real universe? Finally, the book returns to questions of philosophical and theological aspects of infinity.
目次
- 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.
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