Intuitionism Kareem Khalifa Philosophy Department Middlebury College
Overview 1.Why be an intuitionist? 2.Inhabiting the intuitionist worldview 3.Concepts, extensions, & other goodies 4.The four questions
1. Why be an intuitionist? 1.1. Parsimony 1.2. The Classic 1.3. Dummett* 1.4. Generality*
2. Inhabiting the intuitionist worldview 2.1. And, or, if-then 2.2. Negation
3. Concepts, sets, and other goodies 3.1. Russell’s paradox 3.2. Realists vs. intuitionists 3.3. Quantifiers 3.4. Math example
4. The four questions 3.1. Semantics 3.2. Ontology 3.3. Epistemology 3.4. Applicability