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Although there are actual instances of infinitude, there are no infinite numbers. When, for example, there are infinitely many A’s, the A’s do not instantiate some specially large number; rather, the A’s are literally numberless, or beyond number.1
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Huemer, M. (2016). Infinity. In: Approaching Infinity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137560872_10
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