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Michelangelo's Stone: an Argument against Platonism in Mathematics | Carlo Rovelli
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2 Aug 2015 | Abstract: | If there is a "platonic world" M of mathematical facts, what does M contain
precisely? I observe that if M is too large, it is uninteresting, because the
value is in the selection, not in the totality; if it is smaller and
interesting, it is not independent from us. Both alternatives challenge
mathematical platonism. I suggest that the universality of our mathematics may
be a prejudice hiding its contingency, and illustrate contingent aspects of
classical geometry, arithmetics and linear algebra. | Source: | arXiv, 1508.0001 | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites |
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