• yesman@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Logic and epistemology give us the tools to create proofs and algorithms, and it’s basically the foundation of modern mathematics.

    Not that I disagree, but logic and mathematics have a rocky relationship. We thought we could marry them forever with set theory, but when they asked if anyone objected, Bertrand Russel stood up.