10. Where does this leave us?

Adrian Moore explores the idea of infinity through history.

An episode of the A History of the Infinite podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "10. Where does this leave us?" was published on September 30, 2016 and runs 13 minutes.

September 30, 2016 ·13m · A History of the Infinite

Summary

Adrian Moore reaches the end of his journey through two and half millennia of philosophical thought about the infinite.In this final episode, with the help of writers and philosophers as diverse as Rene Descartes, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Iris Murdoch, Adrian returns to the theme of our finite nature and how that is fundamental to our sense of what is infinite. He considers the relation between the infinite and the transcendent and examines where the desire to look for something beyond ourselves belongs in a secular society.Throughout the series, Adrian and his cast of philosophers have made connections, performed calculations and looked up at the stars in their attempts to clarify what we mean by the infinite. But, his history tells us, it all comes back to us and how we relate to what surpasses our finite nature.Producer: Philippa GoodrichA Juniper production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2016.

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