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Single Idea 1615

[catalogued under 6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / b. Intuitionism]

Full Idea

The intuitionism of Poincaré, Brouwer, Weyl and others holds that classes are invented, and accepts reference to abstract entities only if they are constructed from pre-specified ingredients.

Gist of Idea

Intuitionism says classes are invented, and abstract entities are constructed from specified ingredients

Source

Willard Quine (On What There Is [1948], p.14)

Book Reference

Quine,Willard: 'From a Logical Point of View' [Harper and Row 1963], p.14