In this essay, I provide an overview of the debate on infinite and essential idealizations in
physics. I will first present two ostensible examples: phase transitions and the Aharonov …

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Quantum theory has a long history of axiomatization. Von Neumann (1932) began by
placing Schrodinger's wave mechanics and Heisenberg's matrix mechanics within a more …

An infinite lottery machine is used as a foil for testing the reach of inductive inference, since
inferences concerning it require novel extensions of probability. Its use is defensible if there …

Intuitively, the totality of physical reality—the Cosmos—has a beginning only if (i) all parts of
the Cosmos agree on the direction of time (the Direction Condition) and (ii) there is a …

I defend a new argument for causal finitism, the view that nothing can have an infinite causal
history. I begin by defending a number of plausible metaphysical principles, after which I …

This exploration of the global structure of spacetime within the context of general relativity
examines the causal and singular structures of spacetime, revealing some of the curious …

Two major new paradigms of computing arising from new physics are quantum computing
and general relativistic computing. Quantum computing challenges complexity barriers in …

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