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Full Idea
The difficulties historically attributed to the axiom of choice are probably better ascribed to the law of excluded middle.
Gist of Idea
The old problems with the axiom of choice are probably better ascribed to the law of excluded middle
Source
Charles Parsons (Review of Tait 'Provenance of Pure Reason' [2009], §2)
Book Ref
-: 'Philosophia Mathematica' [-], p.225
A Reaction
The law of excluded middle was a target for the intuitionists, so presumably the debate went off in that direction.