Inifinity is a difficult concept to grasp. In this interview for Philosophy Bites, Adrian Moore (a.k.a. A.W. Moore) author of an important book on the subject, gives a clear and stimulating account of what infinity is and of some of the paradoxes it gives rise to.
Listen to Adrian Moore on Infinity
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How can you proceed to a limit, when the limit is infinite? Or, in non-standard analysis, how can you play with an infinitesimal when it is infinitely small? These ideas are the basis of calculus and of our technological civilization. If they are fraught with paradox where does that leave us? Fundamentally confused?
Posted by: Malcolm | August 21, 2007 at 05:29 PM