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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / b. Intuitionism

3908	If maths contains unprovable truths, then maths cannot be reduced to a set of proofs [Scruton]
	Full Idea: If there can be unprovable truths of mathematics, then mathematics cannot be reduced to the proofs whereby we construct it.
	From: Roger Scruton (Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey [1994], 26.7)