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Ideas of Palle Yourgrau, by Text
[American, fl. 1985, Professor at Brandeis University.]
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1985
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Sets, Aggregates and Numbers
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'A Fregean'
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p.356
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17817
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Defining 'three' as the principle of collection or property of threes explains set theory definitions
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'New Problem'
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p.357
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17818
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How many? must first partition an aggregate into sets, and then logic fixes its number
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'On Numbering'
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p.358
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17821
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You can ask all sorts of numerical questions about any one given set
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'Two'
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p.356
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17815
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We can't use sets as foundations for mathematics if we must await results from the upper reaches
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'What the'
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p.359
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17822
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Nothing is 'intrinsically' numbered
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