Knowledge questions Why s there sometimes an uneasy fit between mathematical descriptions and the world? (For example, if had four cows and then took five away, how many would be left?) T_) tsmathematics invented ordiscovered? I mathematics is an abstract intellectual game (ike chess) then why sito good at describing the world? I mathematics is created by man, why do we sometimes feel ‘that mathomatical truths are objective facts about the world rather than something constructed by human beings? Ifmathematics is “out there” in the world then where exactly canitbe found? “(why should elagance or beauty be relevantto mathematical value? Examples of possible topics of study Simple ‘mathematical proofs Beautyand — []Axiomsand the Mathematiesin ‘elegance in rejection ofthe eae mathematics axiomatic approach