English Explanatory Dictionary

intuitionism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An approach to mathematics/logic which avoids proof by contradiction, and which requires that, in order to prove that something exists, one must construct it.

Word forms

intuitionism intuitionisms

Etymology

From intuition + -ism.

Related words

intuitionist intuitionistic intuitionistic logic

Derived words

pre-intuitionism ultraintuitionism
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