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[filed under theme 6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique ]

Full Idea

Logic is definitional, whereas real mathematics is axiomatic.

Gist of Idea

Logic is definitional, but real mathematics is axiomatic

Source

Alain Badiou (Briefings on Existence [1998], 10)

Book Ref

Badiou,Alain: 'Briefings on Existence', ed/tr. Madarsz,Norman [SUNY 2006], p.119