#thematic

Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures. ↗

— Jean Piaget

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It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth. ↗

— Jean Piaget

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Need we add that mathematicians themselves are not infallible? ↗

— Henri Poincare

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A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories. ↗

— Stefan Banach

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Mathematics is as old as Man. ↗

— Stefan Banach

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It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity. ↗

— George Boole

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I had become interested in economics, an interest that was transformed into a lifetime dedication when I met with the mathematical theory of general economic equilibrium. ↗

— Gerard Debreu

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For example, the philosophers who were interested in logic were probably rather logical for mathematicians. But the ASL got us together, so we could talk to each other and publish in the same journal. ↗

— Stephen Cole Kleene

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Here at Wisconsin we didn't get an undergraduate course in mathematical logic until the '60s. ↗

— Stephen Cole Kleene

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I had a liberal arts education at Amherst College where I had two majors, mathematics and philosophy. ↗

— Stephen Cole Kleene

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