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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / a. Numbers

8865	If 'the number of Democrats is on the rise', does that mean that 50 million is on the rise? [Yablo]
	Full Idea: If someone says 'the number of Democrats is on the rise', he or she wants to focus on Democrats, not numbers. If the number is 50 million, is 50 million really on the rise?
	From: Stephen Yablo (Apriority and Existence [2000], §14)
	A reaction: This is a very nice warning from Yablo, against easy platonism, or any sort of platonism at all. We routinely say that numbers are 'increasing', but the real meaning needs entangling. Here it refers to people joining a party.