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Quote: identity statements are senseless outside of a consistent context for individuating things
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object and value equivalence
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what is a number
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context
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number as the extension of a class of equinumerous classes
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But to include [identities such as '3=[[[0]] … ] … '] … which numbers could be identical. … I propose … to discard all questions of the form of … ['3=[[[0]] … ] … '] … Identity statements make sense only in contexts where … sense, it can be only in contexts where … that it is the conditions which individuate things … Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: while FregeG felt numbers needed a reference, it does not make sense to identify '3' with '[[[0]]]'; their contexts differ
Topic: object and value equivalence (60 items)
Topic: what is a number (55 items)
Topic: context (8 items)
Topic: number as the extension of a class of equinumerous classes (23 items)