#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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Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that logical beings and mathematical beings are nothing but linguistic structures. ↗

— Jean Piaget

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I was very much on the mathematical side, where you probably do your best work before you're forty-five. Having passed that significant date, I thought I would do something else. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

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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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From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician. ↗

— James Jeans

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