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Concluding remarks at the Cerisy conference

Michael Dummett

pp. 341-342

Abstract

The great philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once wrote, "Philosophy leaves everything as it is'. That is, philosophy does not change anything, and can never change anything. We may think — I indeed think — that that was a foolish remark; doubtless all philosophers, even great ones, make foolish remarks sometimes. There are many people who would vehemently repudiate Wittgenstein's observation — followers of Karl Marx, for example. We know, and have been celebrating, how greatly Brouwer's philosophy changed mathematics — not, alas, for all mathematicians, but for a select band, so well represented here, able to understand and appreciate Brouwer's insights.

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Published in:

Boldini Pascal, Bourdeau Michel, Heinzmann Gerhard (2008) One hundred years of intuitionism (1907–2007): the Cerisy conference. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 341-342

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-8653-5_21

Full citation:

Dummett Michael (2008) „Concluding remarks at the Cerisy conference“, In: P. Boldini, M. Bourdeau & G. Heinzmann (eds.), One hundred years of intuitionism (1907–2007), Dordrecht, Springer, 341–342.