----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Before overdoing the America-bashing on this issue of mathematization, I would note that Debreu is a Frenchman and that the most extreme version of formalist mathematization has reflected the French Bourbakist tradition, which Debreu was a direct product of. Roy Weintraub's recent book lays all this out very clearly. Barkley Rosser ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]