Jerry,
I suggest that this is a very good question, but I am not certain that
I can give you a straightforward answer. In particular, I have to
altogether beg off attempting to respond to the part of your question
concerning Aristotelian causality.
I think that we have to consider Hilbert's posi
Jerry,
I suggest that this is a very good question, but I think that we have
to consider Hilbert's position as an unfinished product and a moving
target. Probably the best indication can be gotten by considering that
there is not so much *a* "Hilbert program" as there are "Hilbert
programs" (see,