Questions tagged [philosophy-of-mathematics]
Philosophy of mathematics asks questions about mathematical theories and practices. It can include questions about the nature or reality of numbers, the ground and limits of formal systems and the nature of the different mathematical disciplines.
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What is it that is done when we DO mathematics?
I want to understand more deeply and philosophically what exactly mathematicians do.
Wikipedia
lists some major subareas like analysis, geometry but ends its lead paragraph with
There is no general ...
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