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The problem I have with conceptualism is that it doesn't address the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in describing the natural world. Clearly reality
by naasking 2y ago
The problem I have with conceptualism is that it doesn't address the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in describing the natural world. Clearly reality embeds and preserves many mathematical properties.
This is why I prefer some kind of structuralism, ie. that math is the study of structure. Clearly reality has coherent structure, therefore it's no surprise that math would be so successful in the sciences.