Re: Poincare on intuition in mathematics

2012-11-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Nov 2012, at 20:53, Stephen P. King wrote: On 11/25/2012 9:22 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Nov 2012, at 14:00, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal Poincare had a lot to say on intuition vs logic in mathematics. For one thing, the idea of continuity is an intuition.

Re: Poincare on intuition in mathematics

2012-11-25 Thread Stephen P. King
On 11/25/2012 9:22 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Nov 2012, at 14:00, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal Poincare had a lot to say on intuition vs logic in mathematics. For one thing, the idea of continuity is an intuition. http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Extras/Poincare_Intuition.html