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Science, Religion, and Infinity
In J. B. Stump & Alan G. Padgett, The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 430-440 (2012)
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This chapter contains sections titled: * Brief History * How We Talk * Science and Infinity * Religion and Infinity * Concluding Remarks * Notes * References * Further ReadingAuthor's Profile
science, religion, and infinity generic, conception of the infinite, exceeding all finite measure Aristotle, on infinite line as imperfect, lacking endpoints Augustine, of the incorporeal, complete and infinite divinity, infinite and incomprehensible proliferation of conceptions of divine infinity “limits” and “bounds,” in context of space, time, matter religion and infinity standard mathematical concept of the infinite, as a refinement
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Georg Cantor: His Mathematics and Philosophy of the Infinite.Joseph W. Dauben - 1990 - Princeton University Press.
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