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• 05:24, 22 August 2024 Lfox talk contribs created page The Limits of Limits (Created page with "'''Essay prompt''': Is the idea of 'limit' indispensable? Neutral? A hindrance? I contend that ''some'' concept of limit is indispensable in mathematics, but that one must be very cautious in using standard mathematics' concept of limit. The focus of this essay is mainly negative. I criticize two common attitudes towards limits: the "empiricist" attitude, which believes in effect that we don't need limits at all, and the "rationalist" attitude (the attitude of modern...")