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In this paper, two concepts of completing an infinite number of tasks are considered. After discussing supertasks, equisupertasks are introduced. I suggest that equisupertasks are logically possible.
Infinite Idealizations
approximation idealization levels phase transition reduction reversible process statistical thermodynamics
2016/5/30
Approximations of arbitrarily large but finite systems are often mistaken for infinite idealizations in statistical and thermal physics. The problem is illustrated by thermodynamically reversible proc...
It seems improbable that life would exist in a naturalistic universe. But if the universe were spatially infinite, then seemingly improbable events would be expected to happen; life would be expected ...
The Infinite Universe and Dembski’s Design Inference
design inference intelligent design creationism
2008/4/21
Did God create life? Or did life arise via naturalistic processes, along the lines of random mutation and natural selection as suggested by Darwin? Intelligent design proponents attempt to use William...
A natural extension of Cantor's hierarchic arithmetic of cardinals is proposed. These cardinals have the property that the application of the power set operator a finite number of times will generate ...
Which objects (order types of total orderings) are the infinite numbers? Cantor answers: the infinite ordinals (that is, the order types of the infinite, well-ordered sets). In this paper, I argue tha...
The paper investigates, in the framework of branching space-times, whether an infinite EPR-like correlation which does not involve finite EPR-like correlations is possible.
Funny business in branching space-times:Infinite modal correlations
branching space-times indeterminism
2008/4/14
The theory of branching space-times is designed as a rigorous framework for modelling indeterminism in a relativistically sound way. In that framework there is room for ``funny business'', i.e., modal...
This paper addresses two main questions. How does one determine that something has the features it does as a result of design, as opposed to for example chance? How are inferences to design affected w...
Critical Phenomena and Breaking Drops: Infinite Idealizations in Physics
Thermodynamic Limit Scaling Theory Reduction
2008/4/11
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics are related to one another through the so-called "thermodynamic limit'' in which, roughly speaking the number of particles becomes infinite. At critical points...
We pose and resolve several vexing decision theoretic puzzles. Some are variants of existing puzzles, such as ‘Trumped’ (Arntzenius and McCarthy 1997), ‘Rouble trouble’ (Arntzenius and Barrett 1999), ...
An Outcome of the de Finetti Infinite Lottery is Not Finite
Probability de Finetti Lottery
2008/4/10
A randomly selected number from the infinite set of positive integers—the so-called de Finetti lottery—will not be a finite number. I argue that it is still possible to conceive of an infinite lottery...