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Homework Statement
"The propositions of mathematics work like this: we believe them first, and only later do we try to prove them."
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
I read it in some philosophy book but I'm not sure if it's true because I thought the propositions were not believed nor disbelieved until they were proven.
I apologize if I posted in the wrong section. I've just started using forums and I couldn't find any other section that seemed relevant to my question.
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