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The Constructive Hilbert Program and the Limits of Martin-Löf Type Theory

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Rathjen, M. (2009). The Constructive Hilbert Program and the Limits of Martin-Löf Type Theory. In: Lindström, S., Palmgren, E., Segerberg, K., Stoltenberg-Hansen, V. (eds) Logicism, Intuitionism, and Formalism. Synthese Library, vol 341. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8926-8_17

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