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The Difference Between Objectivity and Realism in the Philosophy of Mathematics
Carol Costello: I am a realist about the physical world, but not about mathematics. She says there is a difference between objectivity and realism in philosophy of maths. Costello: A mathematical realist doesn't just think that there are axioms of number theory from which we can derive the fact that there is no greatest prime number.