Single Idea 12334

[catalogued under 6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / a. Numbers]

Full Idea

Apparently - and this is quite unlike old Greek times - there is no single unified definition of number.

Gist of Idea

There is no single unified definition of number

Source

Alain Badiou (Briefings on Existence [1998], 11)

Book Reference

Badiou,Alain: 'Briefings on Existence', ed/tr. Madarsz,Norman [SUNY 2006], p.126

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