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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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Is mathematics invented or discovered?
This is only a partial answer:
As a mathematician, I have been asked this sort of question from time to time. Like most other mathematicians, I tend to sort of evade the question, because it's tricky …
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Possibly, 7 isn't prime
I'm going to answer what I see as the intent of the question, rather than the question itself (which seems to be answered pretty well in the earlier answers). In short, I would say that the answer is …