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1 " Intuition is not a special source of ineffable insight: it is the womb of articulated understanding. "
― Michael Dummett , Truth and Other Enigmas
2 " In philosophy we must always resist the temptation of hitting on an answer to the question how we can define such-and-such a notion, an answer which supplies a smooth and elegant definition which entirely ignores the purpose which we originially wanted the notion for. "
― Michael Dummett , Frege: Philosophy of Language
3 " In philosophy we must always resist the temptation of hitting on an answer to the question how we can define such-and-such a notion, an answer which supplies a smooth and elegant definition which entirely ignores the purpose which we originally wanted the notion for. "
4 " From an intuitionistic standpoint, mathematics, when correctly carried on, would not need any justification from without, a buttress from the side or a foundation from below: it would wear its own justification on its face. "
― Michael Dummett , Elements of Intuitionism
5 " A game may be as integral to a culture, as true an object of aesthetic appreciation, as admirable a product of human creativity as a folk art or a style of music; and, as such, it is quite as worthy of study. "
― Michael Dummett
