Infinity Metaphors, Idealism, and the Applicability of Mathematics
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Wagner, Roy
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2012-01
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0021-3306
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000121495
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I open this text by analyzing some conceptions of mathematical infinity in order to point out the rich variety of metaphors and analogies that they involve. Then I go into Hoëné-Wronski’s nineteenth-century philosophy of mathematics, which is closely related to German idealism, for a further evaluation of the role of notions of infinity in shaping our world. Finally, building on these discussions, I propose that Steiner’s question concerning the applicability of mathematics can be answered by combining a rich anthropocentric mathematical language with an anthropocentric process where reason and practice form our way of inhabiting the world.
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Infinity Metaphors, Idealism, and the Applicability of Mathematics
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61
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129
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147
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