top | item 29777240

(no title)

garmaine | 4 years ago

Well said. The headline is bonkers…

discuss

order

ggm|4 years ago

The debate isn't new either. Is maths found or invented goes back to so-crates and Bill & Ted if not before.

TL;DR maths exists if you believe in it or not.

syki|4 years ago

There are lots of things that wouldn’t exist if humans didn’t exist. The question is whether or not math is one of these things. No one is doubting the existence of mathematics. What is doubted by a great many people is whether or not math exists independent of human existence. If math is an intrinsic part of the universe then is logic also an intrinsic part of the universe? If so is it the standard logic used in mathematics? Does it include the Law of the Excluded Middle?