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"'''Phalanges all the way down'''" is ... | "'''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]] | |||
== 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)]] | |||
Revision as of 10:26, 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
- Turtles all the way down @ Wikipedia