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You don't need an implicit philosophical assumption, you just need to define what an infinity is and the comparison method.
by Etherlord87 1y ago
You don't need an implicit philosophical assumption, you just need to define what an infinity is and the comparison method.
- btilly 1y agoHere's a hint. When someone makes a reference to something that was actively debated for decades, and you're not familiar with said debates, you should probably assume that you're missing some piece of relevant knowledge. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mathematics-constructive/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mathematics-constructive/ is one place that you could start filling in that gap.
- nextaccountic 1y agoThis looks like a philosophical stance in the philosophy of mathematics actually, and it's called formalism