The nature of number

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Philosophical Papers 16 (3):165-186 (1987)
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The article develops and extends the theory of Glenn Kessler (Frege, Mill and the foundations of arithmetic, Journal of Philosophy 77, 1980) that a (cardinal) number is a relation between a heap and a unit-making property that structures the heap. For example, the relation between some swan body mass and "being a swan on the lake" could be 4.

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Frege, mill, and the foundations of arithmetic.Glenn Kessler - 1980 - Journal of Philosophy 77 (2):65-79.

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