The Foundations of Mathematics: Hilbert's Formalism Vs. Brouwer's Intuitionism
Overview
Different philosophical views of the nature of mathematics and its foundations came to a head in t...
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Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
1881-1966
Dutch Mathematician
Dutch mathematician L. E. J. Brouwer made two principal contributions to the study of mathematics, though one—his development of a top...
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Brouwer and Intuitionism
The intuitionist conception of mathematics was developed by the Dutch mathematician Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (1881–1966). According to Brouwer mathematics is not a ...
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Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan(1881–1966)
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer, the founder of mathematical intuitionism, was born in 1881 in Overschie, near Rotterdam, the Netherlands. After attending ...
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Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan [addendum]
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer was one of the first to clearly distinguish between language and metalanguage, as well as to distinguish between mathematics and m...
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The Dutch mathematician Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer made contributions in the fields of topology and logic. He founded the school of thought known as intuitionism, which is based on the notion that t...
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Brouwer was unusually intelligent, which he demonstrated by graduating from high school at the age of fourteen. After studying Greek and Latin for two years, he was admitted, in 1897, to the Universit...
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The Foundations of Mathematics: Hilbert's Formalism Vs. Brouwer's Intuitionism
Brouwer and Intuitionism
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer