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Platonism is about the reality of math behind the notation and beyond the human mind — Like that spheres are real even though there is no perfect sphere in the
by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Platonism is about the reality of math behind the notation and beyond the human mind —
Like that spheres are real even though there is no perfect sphere in the material world.
This is a common opinion among mathematicians and physicists even though it seems unscientific (as it poses reality beyond matter)
- n4r9 2y agoRight. According to Platonism, a mathematician publishing a result about spherical geometry is in fact exploring an objective reality beyond human minds. Contrast that with, say, intuitionism, according to which they are simply describing the mental activity which arises as a result of considering an object of shared understanding known as a "sphere".