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The grounded spirituality of mathematics

  • Tarik Aougab
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Abstract

We propose that mathematics is done largely as a means of both coping with and celebrating our physicality in the natural world. Inspired by David Abram's "Becoming Animal", we suggest that -- in opposition to the popular image of an otherworldy Platonic realm-- the spiritual component of doing mathematics is grounded on and in the Earth. We explore this as a means of questioning the widespread adoption of AI in the workflows of research mathematics.

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@misc{aougab2026grounded,
  title = {{The grounded spirituality of mathematics}},
  author = {Tarik Aougab},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.19216},
  eprint = {2610.19216},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.19216},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TI  - The grounded spirituality of mathematics
AU  - Tarik Aougab
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DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.19216
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AB  - We propose that mathematics is done largely as a means of both coping with and celebrating our physicality in the natural world. Inspired by David Abram's "Becoming Animal", we suggest that -- in opposition to the popular image of an otherworldy Platonic realm-- the spiritual component of doing mathematics is grounded on and in the Earth. We explore this as a means of questioning the widespread adoption of AI in the workflows of research mathematics.
ER  -