Ought the word "infinite" to be avoided in mathematics?" Yes; where it appears to confer a meaning upon the calculus; instead of getting one from it.


Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics, Appendix II, 17 (p. 63e), The MIT Press. 1967

Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes

Ought the word infinite to be avoided in mathematics? Yes; where it appears to confer a meaning upon the calculus; instead of getting one from it.

Ought the word infinite to be avoided in mathematics? Yes; where it appears to confer a meaning upon the calculus; instead of getting one from it.

Ought the word infinite to be avoided in mathematics? Yes; where it appears to confer a meaning upon the calculus; instead of getting one from it.

Ought the word infinite to be avoided in mathematics? Yes; where it appears to confer a meaning upon the calculus; instead of getting one from it.