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Andrej Bauer
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Apr 8, 2026
aboutlogic #09 | Andrej Bauer – 5 Stages of Accepting Intuitionistic Math & Proofs by Contradiction
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2:55Deniz SarikayaHOST
What are a few of these things people misinterpret? Or maybe even a step back, what's the difference between classical and constructive math?

Andrej BauerGUEST
Well, okay, so the first one is what is constructive mathematics? And people say, well, constructive mathematics is mathematics without excluded middle.

Andrej BauerGUEST
And then this is the first division point where you say, okay, so you mean denial of excluded middle.

Andrej BauerGUEST
A lot of what is going on can be compared to a similar situation, say in algebra, where you generalize the structure.
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Can we maybe step a bit back and make sure that everybody knows what Axiom of Choice is? I think that's the usual story, right? If you have infinitely many drawers and each of them contains a pair of socks, can you select a sock from every drawer?
