Anon01/15/26, 13:48No.16892376
Empiricism is to the study of reality what behaviorism is to the study of the mind. It's like defining an iceberg by its tip. OP's strawman basically claims everyone has to make that error, because no one would be contemplating icebergs if someone hadn't observed at least the tip of one. Physical reality inspires the abstract laws that must underlie any conceivable universe. The mathematician is free to study any of them and can do so productively.