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Infinity, infinite, philosophy: the result of a procedure that never ends, e.g. counting or dividing, or e.g. the continued description of a circular motion. In lifeworld contexts, infinitely continued processes such as infinite repetition or never-ending waiting are at least not logically contradictory. A formation rule does not have to exist for an infinite continuation to occur, as is the case, for example, with the development of the decimal places of real numbers. See also limits, infinity axiom, repetition, finitism, numbers, complex/complexity._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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R. Nozick on Infinity - Dictionary of Arguments
II 579 Life/infinite/ethics/death/Victor Frankl/Nozick: Frankl: assumed, life would be infinite - then one could postpone all actions. - That would be without consequences. Then life would be meaningless. >Sense, >Meaning, >Meaningless, >Relevance, >Ethics, >Morality. Frankl/Nozick: our only desire is to get certain things done. - Frankl thesis: that restrictions and preexisting structures are necessary to operate meaningful organization or keep things (in receptacles). >Structures, >Systems, >Existence, >Life, >Death._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
No I R. Nozick Philosophical Explanations Oxford 1981 No II R., Nozick The Nature of Rationality 1994 |