Elements of Intuitionism
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Elements of Intuitionism is a foundational philosophical and logical treatise by Michael Dummett that systematically develops and defends intuitionistic logic and mathematics.
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Target entity: Elements of Intuitionism Context triple: [Michael Dummett, notableWork, Elements of Intuitionism]
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Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics
Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics is a posthumously published collection of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s later writings that critically examines the nature of mathematical truth, proof, and practice from a philosophical and language-centered perspective.
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Lectures on the Logic of Arithmetic
Lectures on the Logic of Arithmetic is an educational work by Mary Everest Boole that explores the foundations and teaching of arithmetic through logical and psychological principles.
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Hilbert’s program
Hilbert’s program was an influential early-20th-century initiative in the foundations of mathematics that sought to formalize all of mathematics and prove its consistency using finitistic methods.
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Recherches sur la théorie de la démonstration
Recherches sur la théorie de la démonstration is Jacques Herbrand’s foundational work in mathematical logic, introducing key results in proof theory and what is now known as Herbrand’s theorem.
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E.
Kronecker’s finitism
Kronecker’s finitism is a philosophical and mathematical stance asserting that only finite, constructible mathematical objects and proofs are legitimate, rejecting the existence of actual infinities.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elements of Intuitionism Target entity description: Elements of Intuitionism is a foundational philosophical and logical treatise by Michael Dummett that systematically develops and defends intuitionistic logic and mathematics.
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A.
Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics
Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics is a posthumously published collection of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s later writings that critically examines the nature of mathematical truth, proof, and practice from a philosophical and language-centered perspective.
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B.
Lectures on the Logic of Arithmetic
Lectures on the Logic of Arithmetic is an educational work by Mary Everest Boole that explores the foundations and teaching of arithmetic through logical and psychological principles.
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C.
Hilbert’s program
Hilbert’s program was an influential early-20th-century initiative in the foundations of mathematics that sought to formalize all of mathematics and prove its consistency using finitistic methods.
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D.
Recherches sur la théorie de la démonstration
Recherches sur la théorie de la démonstration is Jacques Herbrand’s foundational work in mathematical logic, introducing key results in proof theory and what is now known as Herbrand’s theorem.
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E.
Kronecker’s finitism
Kronecker’s finitism is a philosophical and mathematical stance asserting that only finite, constructible mathematical objects and proofs are legitimate, rejecting the existence of actual infinities.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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logic textbook ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ philosophy book ⓘ |
| about |
Brouwer–Heyting–Kolmogorov interpretation
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comparison between classical and intuitionistic logic ⓘ constructive mathematics ⓘ intuitionistic analysis ⓘ intuitionistic arithmetic ⓘ intuitionistic semantics ⓘ meaning-theoretic justification of logical laws ⓘ philosophical justification of intuitionism ⓘ proof theory ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
defend intuitionistic mathematics
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systematically develop intuitionistic logic ⓘ |
| author | Michael Dummett ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field |
foundations of mathematics
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logic ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
academic monograph
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logic textbook ⓘ |
| hasEdition | second edition ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780198750504 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on intuitionistic arithmetic and analysis
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chapters on philosophical background of intuitionism ⓘ chapters on predicate intuitionistic logic ⓘ chapters on propositional intuitionistic logic ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arend Heyting
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L. E. J. Brouwer ⓘ
linked to:
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
intuitionistic mathematics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
intuitionism
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intuitionistic logic ⓘ mathematical logic ⓘ philosophy of mathematics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on later work in philosophy of logic
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integration of technical logic with philosophical argument ⓘ rigorous formal presentation of intuitionistic logic ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 360 ⓘ |
| partOf | Michael Dummett's work on meaning and logic ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| secondEditionPublicationYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
advanced students of logic
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mathematical logicians ⓘ philosophers of mathematics ⓘ |
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