PHIL 132A — Infinity
[ hum ]One course in logic is recommended.
Is infinity real? Exactly how big is it? these questions have puzzled thinkers from Zeno (with his famous paradoxes), to Aristotle, Galileo, Cantor, and Wittgenstein. Students will examine the mystery of infinity from all sides, philosophical, mathematically, psychological, and theological. Usually offered every second year.
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