Graduate Program (& Advanced Certificate) Status
Course Level:
Master’s
Doctoral
Course Open to:
Students on-site
Academic Year:
2023-2024
Term:
Winter
Host Unit:
Instructor:
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