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by zenon 1803 days ago
In this survey, most "Philosophers of mathematics" endorsed Platonism: https://philpapers.org/surveys/results.pl?affil=Target+facul...
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edit: I did not pay enough attention, so what I wrote is wrong, see the comment below

In the survey you linked, it looks like 45.7% of the surveyed philosophers of mathematics endorse Platonism. That's a lot, but not "most", by any measure.

You're looking at the result for aesthetic value not Platonism.

And by the measure of "most" meaning majority it would still be most.