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Feng Ye

Disciplines:
philosophy of mathematics

Summary

Chinese philosopher of mathematics who has developed strict finitism — only finite mathematical objects exist — and applied it to the philosophy of applied mathematics.

Core Contribution

Strict Finitism and the Logic of Mathematical Applications: a systematic defense of strict finitism — only finite, constructively accessible mathematical objects are real — and an account of why the mathematics used in science need not exceed this.

Notable Works & Achievements

Strict Finitism and the Logic of Mathematical Applications

Historical Influences

Errett Bishop Hartry Field

Intellectual Lineage

Philosophy of Mathematics

Contemporaries & Peers

No recorded contemporaries.

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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