I think the biggest problem with such arguments is that, usually, the people making them, don't have the first understanding of infinity proper. Most such arguments hinge on "intuitions" about infinity, and such intuitions, typically lead to nonsense. It's been far too long since I've studied the subject formally, but most such arguments as practised end up being little more than argument from analogy, and thus can't be made deductively sound. (There are more significant issues once the initial bar is hurdled, but few people ever make it that far to begin with.)
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Argument Against an Infinite Past
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I think the biggest problem with such arguments is that, usually, the people making them, don't have the first understanding of infinity proper. Most such arguments hinge on "intuitions" about infinity, and such intuitions, typically lead to nonsense. It's been far too long since I've studied the subject formally, but most such arguments as practised end up being little more than argument from analogy, and thus can't be made deductively sound. (There are more significant issues once the initial bar is hurdled, but few people ever make it that far to begin with.) |
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