ultrafinitism

noun

ultrafinitism

noun

Etymology From ultra- + finitism.

1

Human sciences, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences A form of finitism that is even more extreme in that it denies those constructs whose construction cannot be physically performed (such as a number that no human could have time to calculate).

Synonyms
ultraintuitionism
Derived terms
ultrafinitist

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