Mathematical Intuitionism
Carl J. Posy, "Mathematical Intuitionism "
English | ISBN: 1108723020 | 2020 | 75 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1108723020 | 2020 | 75 pages | PDF | 3 MB
L. E. J. Brouwer, the founder of mathematical intuitionism, believed that mathematics and its objects must be humanly graspable. He initiated a program rebuilding modern mathematics according to that principle. This book introduces the reader to the mathematical core of intuitionism – from elementary number theory through to Brouwer's uniform continuity theorem – and to the two central topics of 'formalized intuitionism': formal intuitionistic logic, and formal systems for intuitionistic analysis. Building on that, the book proposes a systematic, philosophical foundation for intuitionism that weaves together doctrines about human grasp, mathematical objects and mathematical truth.