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finitism
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finitism [ˈfaɪnaɪtˌɪzəm]
n
(Philosophy / Logic) Philosophy Logic the view that only those entities may be admitted to mathematics that can be constructed in a finite number of steps, and only those propositions entertained whose truth can be proved in a finite number of steps Compare intuitionism
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This prayer is nested in the midst of Maimonides' cclebrated discussion of the doctrine of negative attributes, and this doctrine, the semantic correlate to Maimonides' finitist epistemology, undergirds the point that I have been stressing.
The duty to philosophize: Socrates and Maimonides by Frank, Daniel H. / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
 
 
 
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