Realtionship Between Math and Philosophy?

Damaris Weiler: Philosophy makes it possible to do math, even thoughphilosophy doesn't make it to the list of axioms, and noresults from philosophy are cited in a mathematical proof.It is hidden between theorems and is in the blank spaceabove every mathematical paper. I think you could say thatphilosophy represents a generalization of mathematicalpractice just as a geometry of space generalizes ageometry of the plane. There are many views on this subjectand i recommend the books by Reuben Hirsch, as well asmedieval scholastic metaphysics....Show more

Majorie Chester: I tend to think the relationship is quite strong.I am a high contributor to both the math and philosophy sections... and my "top contributor" status in philosophy comes and goes regularly.Math skills usually go hand-in-hand with logic and reasoning skills. With those skills, if you have opinions and ideas and the ability to write, you can usually formulate well thought out arguments and debates and d! iscourses. The ability to reason well seeds some affirmation of ones own beliefs, the ability to explore them without being overwhelmed with confusion and complexities, finding the rationalizations and explanations and evidences you seek to validate a point.An argument in philosophy is only as good as ones ability to communicate it in a convincing, self-evident way.Philosophy, itself, is as abstract as math and just as practical. Math, and the logic that it is based on, are themselves rather philosophical in nature, as the foundations of it is without proof except that experienced by the human mind as an innate truth....Show more

Piedad Bassiti: Math is about logic and facts. Philosophy is about thinking about weather or not facts and logic are even factual or logical.