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Finitism logo #21000 Finitism is a philosophy of mathematics that accepts the existence only of finite mathematical objects. The finitist philosophy of mathematics is best understood in comparison to the mainstream philosophy of mathematics where infinite mathematical objects like infinite sets are accepted as legitimate mathematical objects existing in the Platonic u...
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finitism logo #22641belief that the universe or God is finite in scope
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finitism logo #21003(from the article `mathematics, foundations of`) The moderate form of intuitionism considered here embraces Kronecker`s constructivism but not the more extreme position of finitism. According to ...
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