ABSTRACT
In this chapter I propose a new philosophy of mathematics called ‘social constructivism’. Naturally, as it concerns a novel philosophy of mathematics, this chapter is more tentative than those preceding it, which were largely concerned with the exposition of well-established ideas. On the other hand, not too much novelty should be claimed, since social constructivism is largely an elaboration and synthesis of preexisting views of mathematics, notably those of conventionalism and quasi-empiricism. 2
