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RT @ejpatters: In addition to the 🔥, Mac Lane makes some nicely phrased remarks on the "protean" nature of math. This perspective on math…
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In addition to the 🔥, Mac Lane makes some nicely phrased remarks on the "protean" nature of math. This perspective on math is basically standard among category theorists but it goes against the old reductionist/foundationalist view. https://t.co/Wjo1GOMl2
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@GregMichaelson1 I think Hilberts attitude towards the continuum hypothesis is indicative of a fundamentally wrong philosophy of mathematics. The paper I stole that MacLane quote from articulates my view of the continuum hypothesis.