Conceptual Origami

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Conceptual Origami

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Andrew Notier unfolds the social construction of mathematics for us.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/134/Conceptual_Origami
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I'm familiar with Ms. Noether's work! :) Kidding, I only heard of her about 2/3 suns ago when I was doing my very own private research on great men & women in physics and math. She, it seems, left her mark in the field we've come to love and hate as (mathematized) physics.

"What the hell is this?"

"Well, it's a ... it's a ... it's definitely not a poppy!"

"I know it's not a poppy Devon, it's not close enough to the Eiffel tower to be one!!"

"Ah! I see now why you're confused. We're on a bus to Kathmandu."

"A possibility, but no, that's not it! Hey Gopal, wassup?"

"I'm sick! These mountain roads always do that to me."

"Eureka! This is a ... this is a ... "

"This is not Greece, Greg, and you're not Archimedes."

"This is a ... this is a ... I'm not Archimedes amd this is not Greece."
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