Do numbers and the other objects of mathematics enjoy a timeless existence independent of human minds, or are they the products of cerebral invention? Do we discover them, as Plato supposed and many others have believed since, or do we construct them? Does mathematics constitute...
Do numbers and the other objects of mathematics enjoy a timeless existence independent of human minds, or are they the products of cerebral invention? Do we discover them, as Plato supposed and many others have believed since, or do we construct them? Does mathematics constitute...
Die Mathematiker leben im allgemeinen gut mit den Biologen zusammen. Aber sie reden wenig miteinander. Ihre Erkenntnisse und Beweggriinde sind so weit voneinander entfernt, daB ein Dialog unmoglich scheint. Jedoch kann ein betrachtlicher Gewinn erzielt werden. Niemand wird bestreiten,...