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Memes with the Watson keyword “meaningless symbols”

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Mathematics Feels Real, but is Paradoxical

On foundations we believe in the reality of mathematics, but of course, when philosophers attack us with their paradoxes, we rush to hide behind formalism and say 'mathematics is just a combination of meaningless symbols,'... Finally we are left in peace to go back to our mathematics and do it as we have always done…