denniskane:
My main approach to the question of the finitude vs infinitude of the universe is simply that the word “the” in the phrase “the universe” makes the implicit demand that it be finite. “A” universe might be infinite. Perhaps. But not “the” universe. And this makes sense, seeing as how “a” is an in(de)finite article, while “the” is (de)finite.
So all we must do, pace Kant, is to inspect the very form of our thinking – via its linguistic incarnation – in order to decipher this most vexing of cosmical quandries.
It makes as little sense to speak of the infinite louse or dog or tree as it makes to speak of the infinite planet or galaxy… or universe.
Infinite things simply do not “fit” into our human languages, especially in their “directly pointing,” definitive forms.
The universe is simply a system. A thing.
A thing is not infinite. The thing is limited to the thing. The pineapple is the pineapple but not the avocado. However both the pineapple and the avocado are things, both are parts of existence.
Existence, being all things, is infinite as existence is not limited to any particular.
https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/existence-is-infinite/81126