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From Kronecker to Brouwer

Yvon Gauthier

pp. 118-147

Résumé

There is no need to recall the polemics between Kronecker and Cantor, simply because it did not exist. H. Edwards (1987) has recently shown that if there has been any quarrel between the two, it has not been the virulent one some had evoked. The intransigent Kronecker, a <Verbotsdiktator> in Hilbert's words, is supposed to have been a fiend of Cantor, whom he would have called a youth perverter <Verderber der Jugend>. Cantor is said to have returned the compliment by calling Kronecker <der kleine Despot>. I would like to draw the attention to facts of a more mathematical import.

Détails de la publication

Publié dans:

Gauthier Yvon (2002) Internal logic: foundations of mathematics from Kronecker to Hilbert. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 118-147

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-0083-2_5

Citation complète:

Gauthier Yvon, 2002, From Kronecker to Brouwer. In Y. Gauthier Internal logic (118-147). Dordrecht, Springer.