>>6606033>Are you saying counting is something metaphysical? Is there no other possible explanation?You are confusing the act of counting for mathematics itself. The axiomatic definitions of point and line in euclidean geometry for example are entirely abstract.
>It develops exactly in ways we anticipate.I don't think anyone anticipated non-euclidean space, special relativity or quantum mechanics prior to their discovery.
>We knew the existence of 3 before created a definition for prime numbers.Was 3 a prime number before the law of primes was discovered?