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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism

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The grounding of mathematics is 'in the beginning was the sign' [Hilbert]

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Hilbert substituted a syntactic for a semantic account of consistency [Hilbert, by George/Velleman]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 8. Finitism

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Hilbert aimed to prove the consistency of mathematics finitely, to show infinities won't produce contradictions [Hilbert, by George/Velleman]