Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Melvin Fitting, Democritus and Harold Noonan

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / a. Units

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Two can't be a self-contained unit, because it would need to be one to do that [Democritus, by Aristotle]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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It is controversial whether only 'numerical identity' allows two things to be counted as one [Noonan]