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Re: Math: Did we discover or create it?

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Originally Posted by Pyrotex
After all is said and done (mostly said, not so much done), I still think we have a syntactical problem.
"Math is a language" is True.
"French is a language" is True.
But the word "language" in the first sentence does NOT have the same meaning or usage as the word "language" in the second sentence.
from the cambridge dictionaries :
Language : A system of communication consisting of sounds, words and grammar, or the system of communication used by the people of a particular country or profession.
I can't see anything in this definition that contradict saying that mathematics is a language...
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