arXiv:1506.03733physics.hist-ph
The aim of this essay is to propose a conception of mathematics that is fully consonant with naturalism. By that I mean the hypothesis that everything that exists is part of the natural world, which makes up a unitary whole.
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Your points reminded me of this: A naturalist account of the limited, and hence reasonable, effectiveness of mathematics in physics Lee Smolin https://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.03733 Also the book on which the article is based "The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time" is a…
The limited, and hence reasonable, effectiveness of mathematics in physics http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.03733
Also: A naturalist account of the limited, and hence reasonable, effectiveness of mathematics in physics - Lee Smolin https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.03733
Smolin wrote a paper on the "reasonable effectiveness" of mathematics in science. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.03733v1.pdf
To add to this, I thoroughly recommend reading Smolin's paper on the "limited, and hence reasonable, effectiveness of mathematics in physics." He expands on one of those mis-steps (quoting from the paper): >This is in contradiction with the Platonic view of mathematics held by…
With regards to 1), I remember reading a paper I found on HN not too long ago trying to argue that no, it does not exist. To generalize, any piece of knowledge only exists after it is discovered. Can't remember what it is at the moment, maybe someone else knows what I'm talking…
My mistake, I was remembering it incorrectly. Edited my previous reply to include a link to this: http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.03733 Lee Smolin discusses a class of facts that are evoked: "I would like to propose that there is a class of facts about the world, which concerns…
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A naturalist account of the limited, and hence reasonable, effectiveness of mathematics in physics. - Lee Smolin (he's a physicist) https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.03733
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