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It is explained that, in the sense of the sociologist Erving Goffman, mathematics has a front and a back. Four pervasive myths about mathematics are stated. Acceptance of these myths is related to whether one is located in the front or the back.
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Hersh, R. Mathematics has a front and a back. Synthese 88, 127–133 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00567741
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00567741