B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book

One absolutely infinite universe to rule them all: Reverse reflection, reverse metaphysics




AuthorsAlmog J.

EditorsMircea Dumitru

PublisherOxford University Press

Publishing placeOxford

Publication year2020

Book title Metaphysics, Meaning, and Modality: Themes from Kit Fine

Journal name in sourceMetaphysics, Meaning, and Modality: Themes from Kit Fine

ISBN978-0-19-965262-4


Abstract

We contrast two Universe-outlooks and universality-sources. The first—localism—runs bottom-up and is in the vein of modern iterative set theory, generating ever more sets but all limited unities and barring an ur-Universe taken as a primary—the prime-object/unity. This contrasts with an absolutely infinite Universe-first outlook, globalism, inspired by some remarks on Cantor but later exiled by Zermelo. The metaphysics is now all top-down, and all sets (e.g. large cardinals) are regarded as generated fragments. The role of the (Godel-central) reflection principle is dissected.?



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