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The distinction between actual and potential infinity is philosophically significant

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Is it true that the distinction between actual and potential infinity is philosophically significant?

Yes. Multiple scholarly sources and reference works confirm that the distinction between actual and potential infinity has been a central and debated concept throughout the history of philosophy, metaphysics, and mathematics.

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Wikipedia: Infinity
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Wikipedia: Infinity. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Infinity
Covers Aristotle's potential infinity and related philosophical distinctions.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Infinity. (n.d.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/infinity/

Dartmouth: Infinity
1993
Refers to the distinction between actual and potential infinity.
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Dartmouth: Infinity. (1993). Dartmouth. https://archive.org/details/lccn_93-18025

Routledge: Dictionary of world philosophy
2001
Mentions the distinction between actual and potential infinity in metaphysics.
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Pablo, I. A. (2001). Routledge: Dictionary of world philosophy. Routledge. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofworl0000iann

Oxford University Press: The Oxford handbook of Wittgenstein
2011
Notes that the distinction between actual and potential infinities was familiar in philosophical clarification.
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Oxford University Press: The Oxford handbook of Wittgenstein. (2011). Oxford University Press. https://archive.org/details/oxfordhandbookof0000unse_w3i1

Oxford University Press: The Oxford companion to philosophy
2005
References philosophical formulations of actual and ideal/potential entities.
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Oxford University Press: The Oxford companion to philosophy. (2005). Oxford University Press. https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont0000unse_f5n3

Routledge: American philosophy : an encyclopedia
2008
Mentions the distinction between actual and potential infinite in American philosophy.
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Routledge: American philosophy : an encyclopedia. (2008). Routledge. https://archive.org/details/americanphilosop0000unse_h0o6

OpenAIRE: Choice Sequences and Spreads
2000
Discusses how the distinction between potential and actual infinity arises in mathematics and philosophy.
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OpenAIRE: Choice Sequences and Spreads. (2000). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198505242.003.0004

OpenAIRE: Infinity
2007
Emphasizes the contrast between potential and actual infinity as a major topic in mathematics and philosophy.
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OpenAIRE: Infinity. (2007). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-044451541-4/50017-8

OpenAIRE: Introducing the Main Characters
2019
Examines Leibniz's distinction between actual and potential infinity as a central philosophical concept.
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OpenAIRE: Introducing the Main Characters. (2019). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190907327.003.0002

OpenAIRE: ETHICS OF ROBOTS
2025
Explores the philosophical and epistemological significance of the distinction between potential and actual infinity.
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OpenAIRE: ETHICS OF ROBOTS. (2025). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.46793/humanologyi-1.075d

OpenAIRE: 3. Historical views of infinity
2017
Covers historical and philosophical attitudes to infinity, highlighting Aristotle's distinction.
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OpenAIRE: 3. Historical views of infinity. (2017). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198755234.003.0004

OpenAIRE: A dialogue on Zeno's paradox of Achilles and the tortoise
1993
Investigates Zeno's paradoxes and Aristotle's distinction between actual and potential infinity.
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OpenAIRE: A dialogue on Zeno's paradox of Achilles and the tortoise. (1993). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00710813

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