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Extremely pedantic. In fact, contradicted by your own reference. >The answer depends on one's philosophical views on the nature of mathematics — and in this ar

Extremely pedantic. In fact, contradicted by your own reference. >The answer depends on one's philosophical views on the nature of mathematics — and in this area, philosophers and mathematicians have not reached a consensus >... >Now it's up to you. How is math similar to and different from science?

seanmcdirmid 7y ago
From Wikipedia: > Science (from the Latin word scientia, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. > Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") includes the study of such topics as quantity (number theory), structure (algebra), space (geometry), and change (mathematical analysis). It has no generally accepted definition. One of those words is a bit more defined than the other. I’m not sure how the above qualifies as science.
goatlover 7y ago
Science is an investigation of the empirical, and as such relies on induction, whereas math is deductive and non-empirical. Even if Platonism is true, we don't gain knowledge of math via the senses (mathematical truths are not out there in the world but rather some non-material realm).