Re: that the only way to fully understand something is to construct it.

2012-12-29 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/29/2012 12:29 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 29 Dec 2012, at 17:34, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Stephen P. King There was also a wise italian philosopher centuries ago who had a major premiss, namely, that the only way to fully understand something is to construct it. OK. That is intuitionism

Re: that the only way to fully understand something is to construct it.

2012-12-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Dec 2012, at 17:34, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Stephen P. King There was also a wise italian philosopher centuries ago who had a major premiss, namely, that the only way to fully understand something is to construct it. OK. That is intuitionism, or constructivism. Proving is constructing,

Re: that the only way to fully understand something is to construct it.

2012-12-29 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/29/2012 11:34 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Stephen P. King There was also a wise italian philosopher centuries ago who had a major premiss, namely, that the only way to fully understand something is to construct it. Dear Roger, Yes, we must construct it for ourselves to fully understa