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	Podcast:		The Philosopher's Zone - Program podcast
	Episode:		Mathematical objects
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:28:27
	Publish Date:		2021-07-11 07:30:00
	Description:		We all use numbers every day of our lives, and most of us fail to appreciate how mysterious they are. What exactly is a number? You can't trip over the number 4, it has no physical properties, so in what sense can it be said to exist? If it's just a symbolic representation, then why are numbers and other mathematical objects so effective in the real world - in solving scientific problems, in helping cicadas to evade predators, and so on?
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