From: utzoo!decvax!watmath!jcwinterton Newsgroups: net.math Title: Re: A "definition" of mathematics Article-I.D.: watmath.2389 Posted: Wed May 12 12:58:50 1982 Received: Thu May 13 03:43:09 1982 References: azure.819 Mathematics ::= That branch of philosophy in which a system is constructed from the logical consequences of a set of axioms which may have no basis in reality. John Winterton.