David Hilbert on Evidence - Dictionary of Arguments

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Evidence: proof of the existence and the behavior of objects or of the truth of statements. Evidence can be direct or indirect. See also theories, facts. _____________ Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

> Hilbert, David	> Evidence	David Hilbert on Evidence - Dictionary of Arguments I 48 Evidence/obviousness/proof/Hilbert/d'Abro: e.g. triangle, with two perpendicular bisectors. It is clear that the extensions intersect when the triangle lies in the plane. Nevertheless, according to Hilbert, this can very well be denied. >Axioms/Hilbert, >Geometry. 1. A. d'Abro: Die Kontroversen über das Wesen der Mathematik 1939, in: Kursbuch 8 Mathematik, 1967. _____________ Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.	Link to abbreviations/authors

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