Is mathematics invented or discovered?

[Super Nova]

Age old question.

What do you think?

Is mathematics invented or discovered?

[J o h n S m i t h]

discovered ... mathematics exists whether you are aware of it or not

[Jovial Monk]

Counting would have started and arithmetic followed.

[Bobby]

Age old question.

What do you think?

Is mathematics invented or discovered?

That is a big question.
I think that most of it is discovered.

more here:
https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/wa ... iscovered/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_mathematics

[J o h n S m i t h]

Counting would have started and arithmetic followed.

whether you can count or not, ten is always ten, two is always two ... you cannot 'invent' a number, you can only invent the word you use to refer to that number. Learning to count is the 'discovery

[Jovial Monk]

Exactly.

[Nom De Plume]

Age old question.

What do you think?

Is mathematics invented or discovered?

To my mind, mathematics is the exploration and investigation of all possible patterns. As such, it is a discovery process that uses rationalism as its primary tool.

[Nom De Plume]

Age old question.

What do you think?

Is mathematics invented or discovered?

To my mind, mathematics is the exploration and investigation of all possible patterns. As such, it is a discovery process that uses rationalism as its primary tool.

I should also add that rationalism invents the symbols and language necessary to understanding mathematics.

So the answer to the question... Is mathematics invented or discovered?
It is both!

[J o h n S m i t h]

should also add that rationalism invents the symbols and language necessary to understanding mathematics.

So the answer to the question... Is mathematics invented or discovered?
It is both!

I disagree ... it is irrelevant whether you understand mathematics. Sure, it may make you feel good, but it doesn't change whats out there. It exists with or without your knowledge.

[Nom De Plume]

should also add that rationalism invents the symbols and language necessary to understanding mathematics.

So the answer to the question... Is mathematics invented or discovered?
It is both!

I disagree ... it is irrelevant whether you understand mathematics. Sure, it may make you feel good, but it doesn't change whats out there. It exists with or without your knowledge.

whether you can count or not, ten is always ten, two is always two ... you cannot 'invent' a number, you can only invent the word you use to refer to that number. Learning to count is the 'discovery

You are dancing around with with words, Smith resulting in confusion.

See that sentence of yours, now in pink?

You have failed to tell us what 'IT,' is... only that 'IT' exist with or without our knowledge of same.
And, how do you know that 'IT' exists? What evidence do you have of 'ITS' existence and from where did that evidence come?