tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post2381688500818711719..comments2023-10-08T15:51:17.426+00:00Comments on Beyond Necessity: History of the infiniteEdward Ockhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583379503310147119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post-26293082107503998782012-04-03T16:02:38.399+00:002012-04-03T16:02:38.399+00:00s/teh/the/s/teh/the/William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post-632307950500147142012-04-03T16:02:24.791+00:002012-04-03T16:02:24.791+00:00I looked a bit, at the Aristotle stuff. First, he ...I looked a bit, at the Aristotle stuff. First, he seems rather bound by reality - the impression I get is that he is thinking and talking about teh real world, not an abstract world. Secondly, it might be fun to work out why his "proof" that the continuum can't be composed of indivisibles is wrong (using, say, the usual construction of the reals). The insistence on successors looks to be an error; maybe there are more.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.com