Assertion: mathematics | /r/HasProperty | conservative
Facets:
value: precisely
type: DEGREE
value: over physics
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Whether mathematics is in fact conservative over physics, for instance, is currently a matter of controversy.
text: It is precisely because mathematics is conservative that, despite being false, it can be useful.
text: After all, the point of providing a nominalistic proof of the conservativeness of set theory is to show that, without recourse to platonist mathematics, the mathematical fictionalist is able to establish that mathematics is conservative.