# Is math discovered or invented?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Jeff Dekofsky
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, History, Philosophy, Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_dekofsky_is_math_discovered_or_invented)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Would mathematics exist if people didn't? Did we create mathematical concepts to help us understand the world around us, or is math the native language of the universe itself? Jeff Dekofsky traces some famous arguments in this ancient and hotly debated question. \[Directed by The Tremendousness Collective, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [Is math discovered or invented?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jeff_dekofsky_is_math_discovered_or_invented/3d0f66e29b6e), 5 min (TED's player)