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[from 'Philosophy of Mathematics' by David Bostock, in 4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 2. Intuitionist Logic ]

Full Idea

None of the classical ways of defining one logical constant in terms of others is available in intuitionist logic (and this includes the two quantifiers).

Gist of Idea

Classical interdefinitions of logical constants and quantifiers is impossible in intuitionism

Source

David Bostock (Philosophy of Mathematics [2009], 7.2)

Book Reference

Bostock,David: 'Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction' [Wiley-Blackwell 2009], p.214