Mathematics and Philosophy: The Story of a Misunderstanding

Review of Metaphysics 44 (2):259 - 271 (1990)
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ARE MATHEMATICAL IDEAS INVENTED OR DISCOVERED? This question has been repeatedly posed by philosophers through the ages, and will probably be with us forever. We shall not be concerned with the answer. What matters is that by asking the question, we acknowledge the fact that mathematics has been leading a double life.

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