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Why constructive mathematics?

Dirk van Dalen

pp. 141-157

Abstract

The situation in constructive mathematics in the nineties is so vastly different from that in the thirties, that it is worthwhile to pause a moment to survey the development in the intermediate years. In doing so, I follow the example of Heyting, who at certain intervals took stock of intuitionistic mathematics, which for a long time was the only variety of constructive mathematics. Heyting entered the foundational debate in 1930 at the occasion of the famous Königsberg meeting.

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Depauli Schimanovich Werner, Köhler Eckehart, Stadler Friedrich (1995) The foundational debate: complexity and constructivity in mathematics and physics. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 141-157

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-3327-4_11

Full citation:

van Dalen Dirk (1995) „Why constructive mathematics?“, In: W. Depauli Schimanovich, E. Köhler & F. Stadler (eds.), The foundational debate, Dordrecht, Springer, 141–157.