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Anonymous Sun May 20 17:27:41 2012 No.4701229 [Reply] [Original]

Is math a science?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 20 17:29:10 2012 No.4701237 No. Its test of validity is not experiment, hence it is not a science.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 20 19:27:09 2012 No.4701686 File: 32 KB, 740x308, purity.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Science is applied math, which in turn is applied logic. INB4 philosophical shitstorm discussing trivial nuances.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 20 19:30:54 2012 No.4701694 Arithmetic is a science. Set theory is a religion.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 20 19:42:39 2012 No.4701708 Mathematics is more or less a language to describe logic. A toolbox for the sciences and their applications. Philosophy, is of course, the root of human knowledge.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 20 19:50:24 2012 No.4701716 >>4701686 >putting sciences on a line >implying that sciences have "purity" as a quantifiable quality >implying that math does any goddamn thing on its own Oh, Randall. You're so precious.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 20 20:01:10 2012 No.4701737 Yes, in math, the choice of axioms depends entirely on experiment. You just haven't gone deep enough.