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It is a useful tool but it is a human discipline, not a separate truth. It is merely a sort of short
hand used to help us define the truth as we understand it. 1=1 only on paper. |
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Maths does not depend on humans. One object plus another object is always two objects whether humans
are there or not. It is only the labels that are dependent on humans. For example, a triangle is an
object that has three sides, the object will always have three sides, it had three sides before
humans existed and all humans did was give it the label 'triangle'. Maths is always there and always
has been, humans have 'discovered' it and put labels on it. |
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Sander has said this pretty well. It is not easily communicated. It is a very good question but I
disagree. I see that Maths is a discovery. 2 + 2 = 4 and did so long before man walked the earth.
It is just that we have discovered it and used symbols to value and clarify it. Exactly the same
could be said for chemistry for example. |
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I'm not sure which way to go with this.
You could argue that math is an invention, because it did not exist as an idea before men
existed.
But you could also argue that it is a discovery, because it was created to describe the natural
world, and has always described the natural world.
When you take two objects and put two more with them, you then have four objects. Man did not make
that happen. But man did create the system of finding out what that means. |
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03 Aug 2008 20:46
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