TOWARD A PHILOSOPHICALLY GROUNDED COSMOLOGY 
Conference: 6 June 2025, Y International consulting. Online conference. (paid access / registration required)
This conference examines the transition from cosmological models invoking actual infinity to a framework based on finitude. It distinguishes between the infinite—a mathematical abstraction without empirical counterpart—and the indefinite—a process of unbounded yet always finite growth. Historically, this perspective resonates with Aristotle’s rejection of actual infinity, Aquinas’s restriction of infinity to the divine, Ockham’s principle of parsimony, and Mach’s demand that physics rely only on measurable magnitudes. In the twentieth century, Planck explicitly excluded infinity from physics, while Quine, Popper, and Lakatos established epistemological criteria that render an infinite universe unfalsifiable and scientifically sterile.
At the same time, the finite paradigm aligns with relational realism in physics: Einstein’s conception of spacetime as a dynamic structure, Rovelli’s quantum gravity framework, and Reichenbach’s epistemology all converge on the view that space, time, and energy are interdependent dimensions of a finite causal fabric. By grounding cosmology in finite and measurable magnitudes, this approach reconciles relativity, thermodynamics, and quantum theory with epistemological rigor.
Thus, moving from infinity to finitude is not merely a conceptual shift but the articulation of a coherent cosmological paradigm—one that harmonizes physical law, empirical observation, and philosophical intelligibility.
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