The Fluttering of Autumn Leaves: Logic, Mathematics, and Metaphysics in Florensky’s The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

Pavel Florensky’s Theory of Religious Antinomies

“…lim n→∞ {P n (a n ) ∧ ¬P n (a n+1 )} ∞ n=1 = P(a) ∧ ¬P(a). (19) The limit of the infinite sequence of consistent formulas turns out to be the initial contradiction (13). In other words, we can solve each case of contradictions, but nevertheless the infinite sequence of such solutions tend to the robust contradiction in its limit case.…”