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

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics

17810

The study of mathematical foundations needs new non-mathematical concepts

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

17811

The natural conception of points ducks the problem of naming or constructing each point