Grasping Infinity by Finite Sets

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Mathematical Logic Quarterly 44 (3):383-393 (1998)
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We show that the existence of an infinite set can be reduced to the existence of finite sets “as big as we will”, provided that a multivalued extension of the relation of equipotence is admitted. In accordance, we modelize the notion of infinite set by a fuzzy subset representing the class of wide sets

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10.1002/malq.19980440310

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Infinity and vagueness.David H. Sanford - 1975 - Philosophical Review 84 (4):520-535.

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