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Re:Roger Penrose – Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered? [v... by naasking on Friday April 17, 2020 @11:04AM (#22899578)
> Intuitionist mathematics claims that mathematics is purely the result of the constructive mental activity of humans rather than the discovery of fundamental principles existing in an objective reality. [0]

The "mental activity" part isn't strictly necessary. A constructive mathematics will produce results that are largely the same. What matters most is that mathematical objects are proven by construction, and so proofs have a direct translation to computation.

Re:Roger Penrose – Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered? [v... by maxiepoo on Friday April 17, 2020 @11:47AM (#22900043)
I think you and OP are talking about different things because the term "intuitionist" has been used for both the philosophy that EJ Brouwer espoused (which matches what OP said) and the large field of constructive mathematics that has been greatly influenced by Brouwer's philosophy but has embraced approaches like formal logic which Brouwer himself disliked.
Re:Roger Penrose – Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered? [v... by naasking on Friday April 17, 2020 @12:57PM (#22900718)
I was merely pointing out that the "mental" dependency of intuitionism isn't strictly necessary. Take it out, and you're left with an equally valid constructive logic.