George Lakoff - Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered?

Closer To Truth September 28, 2019
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Donate to Closer To Truth and help us keep our content free and without paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq Free access Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/2UufzC7 Mathematics describes the real world of atoms and acorns, stars and stairs, with remarkable precision. So is mathematics invented by humans just like chisels and hammers and pieces of music? Or is mathematics discovered—always out there, somewhere, like mysterious islands waiting to be found? Whatever mathematics is will help define reality itself. Watch more interviews with George Lakoff: http://bit.ly/2np8UN4 Watch more interviews on mathematics: http://bit.ly/2mBwNkm

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