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Re:What, exactly, do philosophers do? by throwaway2048 on Monday September 18, 2017 @04:39PM (#15279326)
Math relies just as much, if not even moreso, on proofs and logic that came beforehand.

It is not like every math paper starts out with the axioms of Peano arithmetic.

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Re:What, exactly, do philosophers do? by yters on Monday September 18, 2017 @06:40PM (#15280327)
Math can be built on, etc. but it is never rejected or controversial. It is just true or false.
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