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1: What Are We Talking About?

There is an age-old question running through the philosophy of mathematics: are numbers (or any of the structures that mathematics studies) invented or discovered? The primary focus of this Element will not be to cover or to contribute to this debate (at least, not directly) but rather to focus on the question itself, which, as we will see, is by no means as clear as it may at first seem.