Why did Weyl think that formalism's victory against intuitionism entails a defeat of pure phenomenology?

History and Philosophy of Logic 35 (2):198-208 (2014)
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This paper argues that Weyl took formalism to prevail over intuitionism with respect to supporting scientific objectivity, rather than grounding classical mathematics, and that this was what he thought was enough for rejecting pure phenomenology as well.

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10.1080/01445340.2013.860732

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Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science.Hermann Weyl - 1949 - Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Edited by Olaf Helmer-Hirschberg & Frank Wilczek.
Brouwerian intuitionism.Michael Detlefsen - 1990 - Mind 99 (396):501-534.

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