Wittgenstein on Cantor’s Proof.

This paper has two goals. First, we reconstruct Wittgenstein’s views on what counts as a legitimate irrational – since, as he repeatedly points out, and in agreement with mathematicians such as Emile Borel, not just every infinite string of digits qualifies as one. Once his conception (‘full-blooded...

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Published in:Synthese Vol. 206; no. 3; pp. 1 - 25
Main Authors: Bangu, Sorin, Schatz, Jeffrey
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Sep2025
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost