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June 10, 2014, 01:52:15 PM

Saying that math concepts are in reality independent of a mind is like saying that the concept of a chair is the object to which it refers with the word "chair".

I can think of the concept squared circle, does it have any reality outside of my mind? It seems to be an impossibility.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reification_(fallacy)