The soul is immaterial it cannot be a thing. — Sunnyside
I would think mathematics a product of a kind of logic, but could be mistaken. What would we consider mathematics though? The collective knowledge of all theorems and proofs in the field? I would think it a body of knowledge more than an existent singular something, which is what I intuit when I use the word thing. The word that comes to mind when I try to describe mathematics is subject which is sort of thing-esque being existent and singular. I guess the question is whether information exists as something in itself or only by it's interpretation, to determine if knowledge can exist separate from the knower. Now you've done it, I had to go and think!Mathematics is immaterial, but I would have said it's also a thing? :chin: — Pattern-chaser
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