Applied Platonism

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Authors Zvi Artstein

Publication date 24 August 2010

Published in European Mathematical Society Newsletter (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

applied mathematicsmathematical realityPhilosophy of mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

Review text

The author considers himself to be an `applied Platonist'. By this he means somebody who believes in `the relevance of the analysis, qualitative or quantitative, of the deviations of nature from a mathematical reality, and the predictive power of it.' The author does not believe, however, in the existence of `applied mathematicians', thereby stressing the specificity of mathematics as a field.

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