Full Idea
Objects do not by themselves naturally fall into countable units.
Gist of Idea
Objects do not naturally form countable units
Source
Kathrin Koslicki (Isolation and Non-arbitrary Division [1997], 2.2)
Book Reference
-: 'Synthese' [-], p.416
A Reaction
Hm. This seems to be modern Fregean orthodoxy. Why did the institution of counting ever get started if the things in the world didn't demand counting? Even birds are aware of the number of eggs in their nest (because they miss a stolen one).