23 Apr
2004
23 Apr
'04
8:56 p.m.
Dusko Pavlovic wrote: "why working mathematicians don't care for foundations?" very simple anwer: foundations is just an area within mathematics the working mathemeticians who care about foundations are those who work in foundations why do not ask the question: "why working mathematicians don't care for ring theory?" well, because we think that those who work in ring theory are working mathematicians but there are a lot who do not work in ring theory, and do not care either for foundations it is the same thing why we give foundations a different status ? saludos eduardo dubuc