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Faust76 · 46-50, M
Yes and no.
Generally speaking, you'd get "different" mathematics with different starting axioms; we just decided on some set to use.
Or like ancient cultures, who did not yet have the concept of zero, and had to design their mathematics and logic around it. (Oddly enough a recent study purpoted to show that bees have a concept of zero)
Of course, that's somewhat obvious when you consider that "Mathematics is the language of nature". The analogy to language is not perfect, because in language for example, we indeed invented one way or other what "evil" for example is.
What mathematics describes seems to be more or less immutable laws of nature that have and are being discovered. Mathematics is an invented (and oftentimes imperfect) language to describe them.
Generally speaking, you'd get "different" mathematics with different starting axioms; we just decided on some set to use.
Or like ancient cultures, who did not yet have the concept of zero, and had to design their mathematics and logic around it. (Oddly enough a recent study purpoted to show that bees have a concept of zero)
Of course, that's somewhat obvious when you consider that "Mathematics is the language of nature". The analogy to language is not perfect, because in language for example, we indeed invented one way or other what "evil" for example is.
What mathematics describes seems to be more or less immutable laws of nature that have and are being discovered. Mathematics is an invented (and oftentimes imperfect) language to describe them.
TheJudgerNautSquared · 41-45, M
bijouxbroussard · F
@TheJudgerNautSquared What do numbers have to do with theism ? One needn’t believe in a deity to be able to [b]count[/b]. 🤔
TheJudgerNautSquared · 41-45, M
Mathematics is a representation and quantification of the material and conceptual, so the only way that it could have been "discovered" is if it had existed before man. Many creationists claim that because there is a logical model that can be applied to demonstrate and predict how the world works, the creator must have used some form of mathematic model in it's creation. Mathematics doesn't exist outside of the human mind, so it had to be invented.
Shayla · F
Peekaboo20 · 26-30, F
Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M
An excellent philosophical question. A bit of both I think. Perhaps it was invented as a framework to explore and understand the world. But it has certainly led to so many fascinating discoveries both about the world and about the properties of numbers themselves.
Mondayschild · F
mathsman · 70-79, M
If it had been discovered then it must have been invented.
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bijouxbroussard · F