Infinitesimals

From: John Jones <jonescardiff@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 15:08:41 -0800 (PST)

Infinitesimals - are objects that cannot be observed by any direct
means, but merely talked about... they are not so much a hidden object
but an inaccesible object, yet still supposedly inhabiting the world
of objects.

But I would have to know what makes the infinitesimal object
inaccesible before accepting the idea of one. It is not their size
that makes them inaccesible, for if we should shrink down to their
level we would still not see one or point one out. So the
inaccesibility of infinitesimals refers to an accessibility of an
unknown type. This is a good enough reason to reject the infinitesimal
as an object, or as descriptive of the world of objects.
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