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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / c. Potential infinite

[infinity as just not coming to an end]

5 ideas
Infinity is only potential, never actual [Aristotle]
Aristotle's infinity is a property of the counting process, that it has no natural limit [Aristotle, by Le Poidevin]
Kant only accepts potential infinity, not actual infinity [Kant, by Brown,JR]
Platonists ruin infinity, which is precisely a growing structure which is never completed [Dummett]
The intuitionist endorses only the potential infinite [Lavine]