On foundations we believe in the reality of mathematics, but of course when philosophers attack us with their paradoxes we rush to hide behind formalism and say: "Mathematics is just a combination of meaningless symbols..."


The Works of Nicholas Bourbaki, The American Mathematical Monthly, Volume 77, Number 2, February, 1970 (p. 134)

Jean Dieudonné Quotes

On foundations we believe in the reality of mathematics, but of course when philosophers attack us with their paradoxes we rush to hide behind...

On foundations we believe in the reality of mathematics, but of course when philosophers attack us with their paradoxes we rush to hide behind...

On foundations we believe in the reality of mathematics, but of course when philosophers attack us with their paradoxes we rush to hide behind...

On foundations we believe in the reality of mathematics, but of course when philosophers attack us with their paradoxes we rush to hide behind...