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Holt, J. (2012). Why does the world exist? An existential detective story. New York: Liveright Publishing, W. W. Norton.

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• TITLE: Mathematical Platonism and the Nature of Infinity

  AUTHORS: Gilbert B. Côté

  KEYWORDS: Mathematical Platonism; Infinity; Zeno; Torricelli; Abstractness; Quantum Physics; Dichotomy; Trumpet; Paradox

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Philosophy, Vol.3 No.3, July 30, 2013

  ABSTRACT: An analysis of the counter-intuitive properties of infinity as understood differently in mathematics, classical physics and quantum physics allows the consideration of various paradoxes under a new light (e.g. Zeno’s dichotomy, Torricelli’s trumpet, and the weirdness of quantum physics). It provides strong support for the reality of abstractness and mathematical Platonism, and a plausible reason why there is something rather than nothing in the concrete universe. The conclusions are far reaching for science and philosophy.