The Taboo of Platonism Ask most mathematicians if they believe that they invent new theorems or discover them. If they discover those truths, then there is a pre-existing Platonic realm of mathematical truth to which they naturally have access.
But if you aski them afterwards uif they believe that there is a pre-existing Platonic realm in which mathematics exists, they will deny it for the most part. Because it is taboo to admit to the existence of a Platonic realm. - Roger Clough Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 4/11/2013 http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
