(December 26, 2015 at 7:22 pm)Delicate Wrote: The concept may refer to something that doesn't exist. But the concept itself exists.
The concept is thus a part of reality. It's just the referent of the concept isn't a part of reality.
So how is math a science?
I honestly believe you are confused.
The concept exists in reality as fiction, but that in no way ascertains that the concept exists outside of fiction.
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