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Quote: statements such as "All whales are mammals" and of number concern concepts instead of objects; an indefinite object is really a concept
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what is a number
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abstraction
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That a statement of number should express something … is something subjective like an idea. … It is true that at first sight the … we ask which animal then are we speaking … before us, our proposition still does not state … without the additional premise that it is a … speak of an object without in some way … … I suspect that "indefinite object" [as in "a whale"] is only … Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: what is a number (55 items)
Topic: abstraction (62 items)