Ideas of Georg Kreisel, by Theme
[Austrian, b.1923, Refugee who taught at Reading and then Stanford]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite
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Gödel showed that the syntactic approach to the infinite is of limited value
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics
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The study of mathematical foundations needs new non-mathematical concepts
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space
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The natural conception of points ducks the problem of naming or constructing each point
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