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I am not doing so. I am saying that if you want to classify mathematics as a science on the basis of the existence of theorem validation software on which someo

I am not doing so. I am saying that if you want to classify mathematics as a science on the basis of the existence of theorem validation software on which someone may experiment, then it is a science on human constructs, ie, a social science, and not a natural science. The argument here for math to be a science is very tortured and contrived, but if it has any even technical validity then it makes the argument for math as a social science.

ukj 4y ago
>if you want to classify mathematics as a science on the basis of ... The argument here for math to be a science is very tortured and contrived, I am not classifying Mathematics as a science on the basis that you claim. I am not even making an argument! All I am doing is empiricism! I am observing a fact about the universe: What humans call science is any enterprise which builds and systematically organizes knowledge about the universe. I am also observing that Mathematics is one such enterprise. So it's a science. If you think society's definition of "science" is too broad - that's fine. If you want to use a narrower definition which renders Mathematics a non-science - that's also fine. But I am still asking why? Why does it matter whether Mathematics is classified as a science; or a non-science; or a social science; or a natural science?