Solving the Mystery of Mathematics.

Metaphysics Mathematics is mysterious. But instead of conclusively establishing the truth of conventionalism as a philosophical basis for mathematics, my more modest goal here has been to argue that conventionalism is worth considering. I now want to argue that all of the mystery-generating features of mathematics can be neatly accommodated by conventionalism, without either the metaphysical excess of Platonism or the subjectivist confusion of creationism. [Extracted from the article]