Matematik dan realiti: satu penelitian terhadap takrif-takrif matematik

The role of mathematics as a foundation of other sciences is well acknowledged since the dawn of modern science. This fundamental and important role is then not only limited to the natural and physical sciences but also further extended to the social domains of humanities. This article reviews the many definitions of mathematics as put forth by philosophers and mathematicians, how these definitions are understood, and how they subsequently influence the development of mathematics itself as well as other disciplines influenced by mathematics. These definitions are: mathematics as the science of teaching and learning (?ul?m al-ta??lim)mathematics as abstraction or the construction of abstractsmathematics as logicmathematics as a formal systemmathematics as the science of quantity and structure, mathematics=ontolog