No, the debate between Platonism and nominalism has been going on for nearly two thousand years (really getting going by the time of Occam.) Max Tegmark's mathe

No, the debate between Platonism and nominalism has been going on for nearly two thousand years (really getting going by the time of Occam.) Max Tegmark's mathematical universe stuff originated with him. The question here is whether mathematical objects exist independent of our minds. It's the whole "Is math discovered or invented?" question that you see in pop. sci. documentaries. You may find this[1] trichotomy more useful for a quick overview even though that article is about a different topic. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuralism_(philosophy_of_mathematics)#Varieties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuralism_(philosophy_of_m...