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A map of the world would be the same if the shorelines had been discovered in a different order. The world exists independent of our knowledge of it. That, at least, is the opinion of most people. Similarly, it is the opinion of most mathematicians that mathematical objects exist (in some abstract sense), and that mathematical truths about them are discovered. This opinion is called “platonlsm”. According to a platonist, the order of discovery may be partly a historical accident, and our way of expressing truths may be a product of human design, but the truths themselves are independent of us, timeless and universal.
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Hehner, E.C.R. (1987). Logic Based on Programming. In: Broy, M. (eds) Logic of Programming and Calculi of Discrete Design. NATO ASI Series, vol 36. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87374-4_10
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