Intuitionists think that there are cases in which, say, some identity statement between real numbers is neither true nor false, even though we know that it cannot possibly be false. That is: We know that it cannot not be that… — Richard F. Heck Copy Share Image
One thing I really like about philosophy is that it's possible actually to do work in a wide range of different areas. I am particularly happy that I've even been able to do work in logic that has allowed me… — Richard F. Heck Copy Share Image
Intuitionists think that there are cases in which, say, some identity statement between real numbers is neither true nor false, even though we know… — Richard F. Heck Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, I tend to think that whether a philosopher's views are true is a poor test of their quality. What matter are the… — Richard F. Heck Copy Share Image
One of the central developments of 19th century mathematics involved a dramatic increase in the standards of mathematical rigor. This was for a variety… — Richard F. Heck Copy Share Image
To borrow from Mark Twain, I tend to think that reports of the death of supervaluationist approaches have been greatly exaggerated. The arguments that… — Richard F. Heck Copy Share Image
Many people who call themselves deflationists are deflationists about propositional truth but not about sentential truth. I only ever mention that view to distinguish… — Richard F. Heck Copy Share Image
One thing I really like about philosophy is that it's possible actually to do work in a wide range of different areas. I am… — Richard F. Heck Copy Share Image
