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Platonism isn't the only way to belive that mathematical truth exists beyond humans. In Platonism one believes that the objects themselves are real in some sens
by aliceryhl 6y ago
Platonism isn't the only way to belive that mathematical truth exists beyond humans. In Platonism one believes that the objects themselves are real in some sense, but I prefer to see it in a different light: mathematics is about considering the relationships between arbitrary objects. The actual objects don't matter - what matter is how they are connected, and the things we prove are true whenever a collection of objects fit together with that relationship.
- proc0 6y ago> mathematics is about considering the relationships between arbitrary objects. The actual objects don't matter - what matter is how they are connected You know this is Category Theory I assume? I guess it does describe math abstractly, but in a way it is also math. Not sure tbh.