Cassou-Noguès, Pierre
(2006)
Signs, figures and time: Cavaillès on “intuition” in mathematics.
THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 21 (1).
pp. 89-104.
ISSN 2171-679X
Abstract
This paper is concerned with Cavaillès’ account of “intuition” in mathematics. Cavaillès starts from Kant’s theory of constructions in intuition and then relies on various remarks by Hilbert to apply it to modern mathematics. In this context, “intuition” includes the drawing of geometrical figures, the use of algebraic or logical signs and the generation of numbers as, for example, described by Brouwer. Cavaillès argues that mathematical practice can indeed be described as “constructions in intuition” but that these constructions are not imbedded in the space and in the time of our Sensibility, as Kant believed: They take place in other structures which are engendered in the history of mathematics. This leads Cavaillès to a criti-cal discussion of both Hilbert’s and Brouwer’s foundational programs.
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ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) |
| Keywords: |
sign, symbol, figure, time, intuition, Cavaillès, Hilbert, Brouwer, Kant |
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| Item ID: |
10464 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science |
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Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco |
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http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/vi... |
| DOI or Unique Handle: |
10.1387/theoria.555 |
| Date: |
January 2006 |
| Page Range: |
pp. 89-104 |
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21 |
| Number: |
1 |
| ISSN: |
2171-679X |
| URI: |
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10464 |
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