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'''''Mathematics, Form and Function''''', a book published in 1986 by [[Springer-Verlag]], is a survey of the whole of [[mathematics]], including its origins and deep structure, by the American mathematician [[Saunders Mac Lane]].

== Mathematics and human activities==

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Mac Lane (1986) cites a related monograph by [[Lars Gårding]] (1977).

== Mac Lane's relevance to the philosophy of mathematics ==

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* [[Leslie White]], 1947, "The Locus of Mathematical Reality: An Anthropological Footnote," ''Philosophy of Science 14'': 289-303. Reprinted in Hersh, R., ed., 2006. ''18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics''. Springer: 304–19.

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