Publisher |
Cambridge University Press |
Publication Year |
2020 |
ISBN-13 |
9781108723022 |
ISBN-10 |
9781108723022 |
Binding |
Paperback |
Number of Pages |
75 Pages |
Language |
(English) |
Weight (grms) |
181 |
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.
Carl J. Posy
Cambridge University Press