intuitionist
Americannoun
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intuitionistsadjective
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To an intuitionist, it would not be enough for me to tell you my proof showed that there must be some number with a particular property; they would want me to produce the number itself.
From Scientific American • Aug. 27, 2018
But until mathematics can get on without these symbols or any substitutes the intuitionist in mathematics will continue to have his say.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.
Scientifically regarded he was a realist as opposed to an idealist, a sensationist as opposed to an intuitionist, a materialist as opposed to a spiritualist.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life by Herndon, William H.
The intuitionist takes his belief as a brute fact, unrelated to objective conditions.
From John Dewey's logical theory by Howard, Delton Thomas
And for having so constantly perceived this psychological fact, we must applaud the intuitionist school.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William
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