From: *Bruno Marchal* <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
On 28 Sep 2018, at 06:29, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
But you do not seem to go the additional step of saying that
mathematical objects, numbers and so on, are objects that actually
exist (which would be a form of platonism).
I use “exist” in the same sense as “it exist a number x such that x +
7 = 8”.
That is precisely why you need to study the philosophy of mathematics.
It might teach you not to confuse the use of the existential quantifier
with an ontology.
Bruce
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