intuitionism

English

Etymology

From intuition +‎ -ism.

Noun

intuitionism (countable and uncountable, plural intuitionisms)

1. (mathematics) An approach to mathematics/logic which avoids proof by contradiction, and which requires that, in order to prove that something exists, one must construct it.

Coordinate terms

• formalism
• logicism

Derived terms

• pre-intuitionism

Related terms

• intuitionist
• intuitionistic
• intuitionistic logic

Translations

approach to mathematics which avoids proof by contradiction

• Armenian: ինտուիցիոնիզմ (hy) (intuicʻionizm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 直覺主義 / 直觉主义 (zh) (zhíjuézhǔyì), 直觀主義 / 直观主义 (zhíguānzhǔyì)

• Dutch: intuïtionisme (nl) n
• French: intuitionnisme (fr) m
• Georgian: ინტუიციონიზმი (inṭuicionizmi)
• German: Intuitionismus m
• Icelandic: innsæiskenning f
• Irish: iomasachas m
• Italian: intuizionismo (it) m, intuitivismo m
• Japanese: 直観主義 (ちょっかんしゅぎ)
• Kazakh: интуитивизм (intuitivizm), интуиционизм (intuisionizm)
• Khmer: អព្ភន្តរញាណនិយម (appʰoandɑɑ ɲien ni’yum)
• Kyrgyz: интуитивизм (intuitivizm)
• Lithuanian: intuityvizmas m
• Persian: شهودگرایی ریاضی (fa)
• Portuguese: intuicionismo m
• Russian: интуитиви́зм (ru) m (intuitivízm)
• Spanish: intuicionismo (es) m
• Turkish: sezgicilik (tr)