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Re: Intuitionistic ignorance
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Feb 9, 2010 9:20 PM
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On Feb 6, 4:43 am, "victor_meldrew_...@yahoo.co.uk" <victor_meldrew_...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 6 Feb, 10:15, "Bent Arse Pod" <ostap_bender_1...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > Are you saying that all functions f: R -> R are continuous? And that > > Brouwer proved this? I would be willing pay big money to see a proof > > of that. > > Save your kopecks. Presumably your Russian schoolmasters and > Harvard professors never taught you about intuitionism, and > you have lacked the independence of mind and inquisitiveness to > have learnt about it yourself. >
You carry a heavy burden of an inferiority complex, don't you?
> > Needless to say Brouwer's proof > relies on intuitionistic logic and intuitionistic analysis, > Brouwer's own peculiar reconstructions of those disciplines. >
Thank you for the information, regardless of the infantile manner in which it was presented.
> > Presumably your Russian schoolmasters and > Harvard professors never taught you about intuitionism, and > You have lacked the independence of mind and inquisitiveness to > have learnt about it yourself. > But you aren't missing much. >
Thanks. Yes, few of my math professors and teachers wasted time on inconsequential philosophical topics. Neither do I.
> > Brouwer's eccentric doctrine > has remained only of minority interest. >
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