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Originally Posted by xelasnave
Hi Peter
I just thought you may have had a speculative view on the matter.
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which matter is that exactly Alex - I don't quite follow you?
(remember Alex, pure mathematical notions are abstract constructs - even mathematical axioms which everything in the field henceforth relies upon. Many mathematical philosophers are adamant that
absolute reality and truth (whatever these concepts are) can only be described by mathematical laws and their proofs. Would that imply that reality/truth is abstract by definition? I have a friend who is a research mathematician in academia, who has often argued with me over this very point - he stance is basically "truth can only be mathematically described". I have always wondered why there is no mathematical category in the Nobel Prize medals. They have the Fields medal to give out every 4 years. That Pythagoras has a lot to answer for with his first proof)