Infinity

Graduate Program (& Advanced Certificate) Status

Course Level: 
Master’s
Doctoral
Course Open to: 
Students on-site
Academic Year: 
2023-2024
Term: 
Winter
US Credits: 
2
ECTS Credits: 
4
Course Description: 

From Zeno to the present day, the non-finite has been a recurrent topic of philosophical discussions, as well as in physics and mathematics. We shall study some of its central occurrences on these stages: Zeno, Aristotle, the infinity of the primes, Galileo, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Cantor, Wittgenstein. We shall also discuss a new conception of the non-finite, recently developed by Ben-Yami, of bounded sequences without a last member. 

Learning Outcomes: 
Assessment: 

Term paper of approximately 2500 words (students should consult the instructor about the paper’s subject). Participation in class can contribute up to plus one grade (from B to B+ etc.) to the final grade. 

Possible crosslist with other departments: none