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Mathematics is like nothing else. The truths of math seem to be unrelated to anything else—independent of human beings, independent of the universe. The sum of 2 + 3 = 5 cannot not be true; this means that 3 + 2 = 5 would be true even if there were never any human beings, even if there were never a universe! When then, deeply, is mathematics?
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Silvia Jonas is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bamberg, an external member of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, and an associated member of the Konstanz Center for Philosophy of Mathematics. She also serves on the board of trustees of the Martin Buber Society of Fellows and is a trusted advisor for the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk.
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