Signs, figures and time: Cavaillès on "intuition" in mathematics

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Published 06-01-2006
DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.555
Pierre CASSOU-NOGUÈS

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.

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CASSOU-NOGUÈS, P. (2006). Signs, figures and time: Cavaillès on "intuition" in mathematics. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 21(1), 89–104. https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.555
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Keywords

sign, symbol, figure, time, intuition, Cavaillès, Hilbert, Brouwer, Kant.

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Vol. 21 No. 1 (2006): Scientific Representation
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ARTICLES

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