&gt; Fictionalism in the philosophy of mathematics is the view that mathematical statements, such as ‘8+5=13’ and ‘π is irrational’, are to be interpreted at face value and, thus interpreted, are false.<p>Arrrgh! So annoying! How much time will it pass until philosophers of mathematics finally understand that mathematical truth has nothing to do with philosophical truth?<p>&gt; Fictionalists are typically driven to reject the truth of such mathematical statements because these statements imply the existence of mathematical entities, and according to fictionalists there are no such entities.<p>Crash course in logic: If mathematical objects don&#x27;t exist, then statements about them aren&#x27;t “false” - they&#x27;re <i>meaningless</i>.