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"'''Phalanges all the way down'''" (vernacular '''Toes all the way down''') is an expression of the problem of infinite regress.  
 
The saying alludes to the mythological idea of a World Toe that supports the flat foot of earth.  
 
It suggests that this mighty Toe rests on the back of an even larger Tpe, which itself is part of a column of increasingly large world Toes that continues indefinitely (i.e., "Toes all the way down").
 
== In the News ==
 
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
 
* [[Attorney Recursion Disorder]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Legs all the way down]]
 
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
 
* [[Recursion (nonfiction)]]
 
== External links ==
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down Turtles all the way down] @ Wikipedia
 
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Recursion (nonfiction)]]

Latest revision as of 10:27, 8 January 2021

"Phalanges all the way down" (vernacular Toes all the way down) is an expression of the problem of infinite regress.

The saying alludes to the mythological idea of a World Toe that supports the flat foot of earth.

It suggests that this mighty Toe rests on the back of an even larger Tpe, which itself is part of a column of increasingly large world Toes that continues indefinitely (i.e., "Toes all the way down").

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links