Is Math Discovered or Invented?

Big Questions, Education, Mathematics
May 1, 2020

Would mathematics exist if people didn’t? Did we create mathematical concepts to help us understand the world around us, or is math the native language of the universe itself? Jeff Dekofsky traces some famous arguments in this ancient and hotly debated question.

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