According to several mathematicians, philosophers and teachers maths is everywhere. We can find it in daily situations like going to buy a product or in more depth Jobs such as creating an engineering machine.
Wether it solves internal or external problems. Maths allows us to investigate problems containing numbers and the relations between them following patterns and several ways of knowing, not to say all of them.
These types of problems abroad from issues that are purely about matter within natural sciences for example calculating the speed of a car at a certain point or application problems which include how the problems is going to be solve applying different resources.
Many mathematicians argue that the area of mathematics has been discovered thought the centuries and therefore the human being is responsible for solving any kind of problems that maths have.
On the other hand, this affirmation is argued by other mathematicians that respond that maths is linked to the nature and the universe and therefore is not created but yet discovered through the people. In fact, if this second conclusion was not true how could we explain the idea of infinite, the sequences between prime numbers or going further the geometry species found in the universe like the slightly sphere that represents the Earth or the calculations applied to design a balance building.
An example of this could be that through out the pure mathematics, meaning the abstract recesses of the subject, these give very useful techniques for solving problems with maths application whether is for a natural sciences or a life´s situation.
To conclude, we could agree that Plato´s and other philosophers where right and therefore respond that mathematics is outside in the universe but including other views such as that somehow the subjects is built through social reasoning and both ideas are link together to create a structural feature for this area.
Bibliography:
- Ib Tok guide
- Ib Tok reference Book
ToK Journal IB Bilingual 2016 