Alemañ-Berenguer, Rafael-Andrés (2023) THE SPATIAL INFINITY OF THE UNIVERSE: THE NEGLECTED PROBLEM OF COSMOLOGY. [Preprint]

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The finitude or infinity of the universe divided the ancient philosophers fueling a debate intertwined with the subtleties of the very concept of infinity and the plausibility of its realization in the physical world. While the 19th century took the first steps in the formal domain of mathematical infinity, the question of the size of the cosmos remained open pending better empirical evidence. At the end of the 20th century, the observational data of cosmology seemed to favour an infinite volume, although the delicate physical and metaphysical problems that such an option implies have rarely been highlighted

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Alemañ-Berenguer, Rafael-Andrés raalbe.autor@gmail.com 0000-0002-3612-8167
Keywords:	Infinity, actual, potential, space, cosmology, geometry, topology
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	Dr Rafael-Andrés Alemañ-Berenguer
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2023 14:57
Last Modified:	10 Feb 2023 14:57
Item ID:	21744
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	10 February 2023
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21744

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