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Infinity between mathematics and apologetics
pascal's notion of infinite distance
pp. 2379-2393
Abstrakt
In this paper I will examine what Blaise Pascal means by “infinite distance”, both in his works on projective geometry and in the apologetics of the Pensées’s. I suggest that there is a difference of meaning in these two uses of “infinite distance”, and that the Pensées’s use of it also bears relations to the mathematical concept of heterogeneity. I also consider the relation between the finite and the infinite and the acceptance of paradoxical relations by Pascal.
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Published in:
(2015) History and philosophy of infinity. Synthese 192 (8).
Seiten: 2379-2393
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-014-0599-7
Referenz:
Nobre Cortese João Figueiredo (2015) „Infinity between mathematics and apologetics: pascal's notion of infinite distance“. Synthese 192 (8), 2379–2393.