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Where Hilbert erred was looking for foundations in first-order logic. Univalent foundations are laid on high-order logic. It's the distinction between top-down
by ukj 7y ago
Where Hilbert erred was looking for foundations in first-order logic. Univalent foundations are laid on high-order logic.
It's the distinction between top-down and bottom-up thinking.
If you are into philosophy/epistemology - it's somewhat of an attempt to shift Mathematics from foundationalism towards structuralism.
I recommend this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O45LaFsaqMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O45LaFsaqMA
Hilbert's dream of Metamathematics has sort of come true in the form of homoiconicity in programming languages.