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\chapter{Post-Formalism in Constructed Memories}
\section{Post-Formalist Mathematics}
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The formalist position goes as follows. Pure mathematics is the
manipulation of the meaningless and arbitrary, but typographically
-well-defined ink-shapes on paper `$w$,' `$x$,' `$y$,' `$z$,' `${}'$,' `$($,' `$)$,' `$\downarrow$,' and `$\in$.'
+well-defined ink-shapes on paper `$w$,' `$x$,' `$y$,' `$z$,' `$'$,' `$($,' `$)$,' `$\downarrow$,' and `$\in$.'
These shapes are manipulated according to arbitrary but well-detined
mechanical rules. Actually, the rules mimic the structure of primitive
systems such as Euclid's geometry. There are formation rules, mechanical