Hilbert vindicated? (Q1293009)

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    Hilbert vindicated?
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1322779

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      Hilbert vindicated? (English)
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      9 May 2000
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      It is argued that the labeling of Hilbert's philosophy of mathematics as formalism is highly misleading. The author claims that Hilbert's so-called formalism was the result of several independent ideas most of which he could have maintained even if he had given up his formalism. Among those ideas were: axiomatic ideal and the idea of mathematical reasoning as combinatorial reasoning.
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      axiomatic method
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      Hilbert's philosophy of mathematics
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      formalism
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      mathematical reasoning
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      combinatorial reasoning
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