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    Supports→The Law of Excluded Middle is not universally valid in mathematics

    Intuitionism only accepts the existence of mathematical objects whose construction can be carried out by the human mind

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    In light of the paradoxes for early set theories (Russell’s paradox, the Burali-Forti paradox, and others), some mathematicians and philosophers worried that standard set theory might be inconsistent as well. One alternative viewpoint on mathematics is intuitionism, which only accepts the existence of mathematical objects whose construction can be carried out in some sense by the human mind. Intuitionism requires a revision of logic, since this limitation invalidates the Law of Excluded Middle—t

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