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HUSSERL'S PHENOMENOLOGY AND WEYL'S PREDICTIVISM

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In this paper I discuss the version of predicative analysis put forward by Hermann Weyl in Das Kontinuum. I try to establish how much of the underlying motivation for Weyl's position may be due to his acceptance of a phenomenological philosophical perspective. More specifically, I analyze Weyl's philosophical ideas in connexion with the work of Husserl, in particular Logische Untersuchungen} and Ideen .

I believe that this interpretation of Weyl can clarify the views on mathematical existence and mathematical intuition which are implicit in Das Kontinuum.

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Da Silva, J.J. HUSSERL'S PHENOMENOLOGY AND WEYL'S PREDICTIVISM. Synthese 110, 277–296 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004937311034

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Keywords

  • Philosophical Perspective
  • Philosophical Idea
  • Mathematical Intuition
  • Mathematical Existence
  • Predicative Analysis