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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle

10251	The law of excluded middle might be seen as a principle of omniscience [Shapiro]
	Full Idea: The law of excluded middle might be seen as a principle of omniscience.
	From: Stewart Shapiro (Philosophy of Mathematics [1997], 6.3)
	A reaction: [E.Bishop 1967 is cited] Put that way, you can see why a lot of people (such as intuitionists in mathematics) might begin to doubt it.