If induction only licenses perception of constructibility without proving the infinite generalization, then transfinite arithmetic and completed infinities lose any rigorous foundation.
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Transfinite arithmetic(as the subject being criticized)
The branch of mathematics that deals with numbers and calculations involving infinity—basically, math rules that work when things are infinitely large.
induction(Offered as the mechanism behind empirical universality.)
The empirical method by which observations are generalized into rules; yields only comparative or assumed universality, not strict universality.