Metaphorical reactions in 1932: from the mathematical ‘crisis of intuition’ to ‘reconstruction in the exact sciences’

DOI10.1080/26375451.2022.2052631zbMath1503.01017OpenAlexW4224983809MaRDI QIDQ5867740

Michael Friedman

Publication date: 14 September 2022

Published in: British Journal for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/26375451.2022.2052631

zbMATH Keywords

foundational crisislogical constructionarchitectural metaphorcrisis of intuitionmetaphor of sheep and wolf

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03)

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