The Need for a Theory of Constructions

  • Peter Fletcher
Chapter
Part of the Synthese Library book series (SYLI, volume 276)

Abstract

The principal task of this book is to provide a theory of constructions, explaining what constructions are, what we can do with them, and how they provide a foundation for predicate calculus, arithmetic and analysis. Before doing so I should explain why we need such a theory, why the informal remarks on the subject by Brouwer and Heyting are not sufficient.

Keywords

Logical Constant Proof Tree Existential Quantification Principal Task Divine Revelation 
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Copyright information

© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998

Authors and Affiliations

  • Peter Fletcher
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  1. 1.Department of MathematicsKeele UniversityUK

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