Building infinite machines

Authors
Davies, EB
Citation
Eb. Davies, Building infinite machines, BR J PHIL S, 52(4), 2001, pp. 671-682
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary,Multidisciplinary,Philosiphy
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00070882 → ACNP
Volume
52
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
671 - 682
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0882(200112)52:4<671:BIM>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We describe in some detail how to build an infinite computing machine withi n a continuous Newtonian universe. The relevance of our construction to the Church-Turing thesis and the Platonist-Intuitionist debate about the natur e of mathematics is also discussed.