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Full Idea
If we grant, as surely we must, the central importance of proof and definition, then we must also grant that mathematics not only needs, but in fact has, foundations.
Gist of Idea
If proof and definition are central, then mathematics needs and possesses foundations
Source
John Mayberry (What Required for Foundation for Maths? [1994], p.405-1)
Book Ref
'Philosophy of Mathematics: anthology', ed/tr. Jacquette,Dale [Blackwell 2002], p.405