Reading a book on philosophy of mathematics, even if it’s written lightly, such as that one, Why is there philosophy of mathematics at all? by Ian Hacking, may have unexpected effects. The most visible one has been a poll that I submitted on Mastodon on December 4th. As you can read, there were four options:
Numbers exist
Unicorns exist
Numbers have more existence than unicorns
Neither numbers no unicorns exist
Don’t know what the original intention was but surely most people are having a go at the poll.
Don’t know what the original intention was but surely most people are having a go at the poll.