Comment by Errancer

I'm getting quite frustrated with this kind of ontological debate. Exist or not exist, why does it matter? On top of that are so many subtle distinctions that the statement "There are mathematical objects." might or might not mean "Mathematical objects exist" – depending of the frame of reference (Meinong vs Quine vs So Many Options) – but no matter the definition it changes nothing. We are still ontologically committed to mathematical objects and treating them as truly real or abstraction which is ontology dependent on other stuff don't really make us use math differently. So what is the point of such debate?