Talk:Finitism
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It's odd to me that the article doesn't mention Hilbert or the axiomatization of mathematics... or is this only Geometical Finitism?
reference: [1] [2] --Graatz 18:01, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
The idea is certainly a part of formalism. It seems much clarification is required for this to be a really useful article.
[edit] History
Where did the concept originate? Who were the original contributers?
[edit] Countably infinite number of steps
I removed a claim about constructivists allowing a countably infinite number of steps in construction. I'm not sure what that was really trying to say, but it sure doesn't sound right. It almost sounds like it's saying the difference between finitism and constructivism is that the latter allows countable supertasks, and that is simply wrong. --Unzerlegbarkeit (talk) 13:25, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
