Edward Nelson Quotes

Edward Nelson was a professor in the Mathematics Department at Princeton University. He was known for his work on mathematical physics and mathematical logic. In mathematical logic, he was noted especially for his internal set theory, and views on ultrafinitism and the consistency of arithmetic. In philosophy of mathematics he advocated the view of formalism rather than platonism or intuitionism. He also wrote on the relationship between religion and mathematics. Wikipedia

✵ 4. May 1932 – 10. September 2014

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Edward Nelson Quotes

“The subject matter of mathematics is the expressions themselves together with the rules for manipulating them—nothing more.”

Edward Nelson

[Nelson, E., Predicative Arithmetic, 1986, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 0-691-08455-6, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pvr_AwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false, 86018730, 14001745, 173, harv]

Mathematics

“Intellectual property is an oxymoron.”

Edward Nelson

[Katz, M. G., Mikhail Katz, Kutateladze, Semen S., Semën Samsonovich Kutateladze, Edward Nelson (1932–2014), The Review of Symbolic Logic, 8, 03, 2015, 607–610, 1755-0203, 10.1017/S1755020315000015, https://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.01570.pdf, 1506.01570, harv]