I'm in love with your videos, Norman. They are truly appreciated. I have a Bachelors of Philosophy which involved a rigorous study of the Ancient Greeks, and the history of philosophy from Ancient, to Medieval, then to Contemporary times. The notion of infinity and infinite processes always disturbed me because after my philosophical studies I held to the metaphysical view of Moderate Realism (Aristotle's philosophical view) which provides powerful arguments against those philosophical views which permit or entail real infinities. I spent the following years thinking of a way to approach mathematics without reliance on infinities. I was without direction much of the time, given I'm no mathematician. Then, alas, I came across your videos, and they're validating and clarifying so many intuitions and disturbances concerning the contemporary reliance on infinities. I'm now completing a degree in Physics, with the hope of becoming a Theoretical Physicist, however, given my background in the history of philosophy, I can truly understand your discontentment with contemporary Professors and students which take so many dubious ideas dogmatically for granted, being completely unaware of how they originated, and how they carry the same flaws, weaknesses, and arbitrariness found in philosophical theories which birthed them.
I'm in love with your videos, Norman. They are truly appreciated. I have a Bachelors of Philosophy which involved a rigorous study of the Ancient Greeks, and the history of philosophy from Ancient, to Medieval, then to Contemporary times. The notion of infinity and infinite processes always disturbed me because after my philosophical studies I held to the metaphysical view of Moderate Realism (Aristotle's philosophical view) which provides powerful arguments against those philosophical views which permit or entail real infinities. I spent the following years thinking of a way to approach mathematics without reliance on infinities. I was without direction much of the time, given I'm no mathematician. Then, alas, I came across your videos, and they're validating and clarifying so many intuitions and disturbances concerning the contemporary reliance on infinities. I'm now completing a degree in Physics, with the hope of becoming a Theoretical Physicist, however, given my background in the history of philosophy, I can truly understand your discontentment with contemporary Professors and students which take so many dubious ideas dogmatically for granted, being completely unaware of how they originated, and how they carry the same flaws, weaknesses, and arbitrariness found in philosophical theories which birthed them.
Thanks John!
Thank you Dr Wildberger
great teacher, and I hope to learn more maths from him , (dont agree with his views on infinity)
Good stuff