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| 8711 | Intuitionists read the universal quantifier as "we have a procedure for checking every..." [Friend] |
| Full Idea: In the intuitionist version of quantification, the universal quantifier (normally read as "all") is understood as "we have a procedure for checking every" or "we have checked every". | |
| From: Michèle Friend (Introducing the Philosophy of Mathematics [2007], 5.5) | |
| A reaction: It seems better to describe this as 'verificationist' (or, as Dummett prefers, 'justificationist'). Intuition suggests an ability to 'see' beyond the evidence. It strikes me as bizarre to say that you can't discuss things you can't check. |