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On Freedom and Free Will again

 0dc6f45f 3610 4bc6 af53 b467b90121bb fjvI've already written an article about freedom and free will, but I've been listening to so many conversations on the internet about this topic lately that I have to write about it again. Of these conversations, I will only mention the name of László Bernáth, because at last I have a contemporary Hungarian philosopher with whom I agree on more things than I disagree. However, I will not discuss philosophical approaches in my writing, but I will outline my own world view on the basis that I would like to grasp the whole of existence in my thinking, including the functioning of free will.

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Published in Philosophy
Saturday, 10 February 2024 14:38

Infinity in Small and Large III.

Limits and Continuity on Two-element Numbers

“„One can give good reasons why reality cannot at all be represented by a continuous field. From the quantum phenomena it appears to follow with certainty that a finite system of finite energy can be completely described by a finite set of numbers (quantum numbers). This does not seem to be in accordance with a continuum theory and must lead to an attempt to find a purely algebraic theory for the description of reality. But nobody knows how to obtain the basis of such a theory.””
(Einstein , The meaning of relativity)

The problem with mathematical continuity is similar to the problem with infinity; continuity in reality is very different from the concept defined in mathematics. Just as we do not experience a quantitative infinite that actually exists, we cannot experience continuity in the sense that mathematics defines it, and the two are causally related.

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Published in Mathematics