How are Concepts of Infinity Acquired?

• Authors: Kazimierz Trzęsicki
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Concepts of infinity have been subjects of dispute since antiquity. The main problems of this paper are: is the mind able to acquire a concept of infinity? and: how are concepts of infinity acquired? The aim of this paper is neither to say what the meanings of the word “infinity” are nor what infinity is and whether it exists. However, those questions will be mentioned, but only in necessary extent.

Keywords

EN

concept of infinity

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 179-217

Dates

published

2015-03-01

online

2015-04-10

Contributors

author

Kazimierz Trzęsicki

• University in Bialystok

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10.1515/slgr-2015-0010