Gnomes in the fog. The reception of Brouwer's intuitionism in the 1920s

zbMath1037.01008MaRDI QIDQ1417132

Dennis H. Hesseling

Publication date: 18 December 2003

Published in: Science Networks. Historical Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Hilbert; Brouwer; intuitionism; Weyl; excluded middle; mathematical existence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

00A30: Philosophy of mathematics

01A60: History of mathematics in the 20th century

03A05: Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations

03-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations

01-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography

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