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Re: Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Mathematics
« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2020, 09:28:07 am »
Well, let me put this video in its proper context. Perhaps I should have done that when I posted the video in the first place.

This video went viral on the internet a few months back:
https://theconversation.com/is-mathematics-real-a-viral-tiktok-video-raises-a-legitimate-question-with-exciting-answers-145244

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-viral-video-asks-a-deep-question-11599757497

The thing is,in the grade school they do not teach any math history or math philosophy at all.At least mine did not. I have checked the undergraduate math syllabus and I find that the math majors do get to learn a bit of math history and philosophy but by then many, many people end up quitting maths for good.

Now, I have read a bit of maths history and philosophy on my own but I have also learnt a point which you have made a number of times-just philosophy of mathematics is not sufficient to comprehend mathematics properly. To that end, I am working on mathematics fundamentals,putting in many ,many hours every week and even then it will be only be after quite a few years(if I managed to continue to work consistently), that I would be in a position to even start a genuine dialogue about mathematics with you.

But I wish that I could at least make that happen before I am pushing up the daisies.
La Tristesse Durera Toujours                                  (The Sadness Lasts Forever ...)
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