The Work of Nicholas Bourbaki
- Kind
- Journal Article
- Date
- 1970
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Monthly
- Volume / pages
- (1970), 77, 134.
- Retrieved
- Apr 24, 2012
1 meme from this reference
Mathematics Feels Real, but is Paradoxical
On foundations we believe in the reality of mathematics, but of course, when philosophers attack us with their paradoxes, we rush to hide behind formalism and say 'mathematics is just a combination of meaningless symbols,'... Finally we are left in peace to go back to our mathematics and do it as we have always done…