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.
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Where did the concept originate? Who were the original contributers?
