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10111 | Asserting Excluded Middle is a hallmark of realism about the natural world [George/Velleman] |
Full Idea: A hallmark of our realist stance towards the natural world is that we are prepared to assert the Law of Excluded Middle for all statements about it. For all statements S, either S is true, or not-S is true. | |
From: A.George / D.J.Velleman (Philosophies of Mathematics [2002], Ch.4) | |
A reaction: Personally I firmly subscribe to realism, so I suppose I must subscribe to Excluded Middle. ...Provided the statement is properly formulated. Or does liking excluded middle lead me to realism? |