Are numbers (like 1, 2, 3, and so on) independently existing objects or entities? Russell says:
Are numbers (like 1, 2, 3, and so on) independently existing objects or entities? Russell says:
Russell says that there's little evidence either way on this issue. If there are such entities, they're very peculiar ones -- very different from other sorts of entities.
Russell thinks that we can do science and mathematics quite well if we regard numbers as "logical fictions" -- as merely ways of speaking about complex sets.
Are numbers (like 1, 2, 3, and so on) independently existing objects or entities? Russell says:
Russell says that there's little evidence either way on this issue. If there are such entities, they're very peculiar ones -- very different from other sorts of entities.
Russell thinks that we can do science and mathematics quite well if we regard numbers as "logical fictions" -- as merely ways of speaking about complex sets.
Are numbers (like 1, 2, 3, and so on) independently existing objects or entities? Russell says:
Russell says that there's little evidence either way on this issue. If there are such entities, they're very peculiar ones -- very different from other sorts of entities.
Russell thinks that we can do science and mathematics quite well if we regard numbers as "logical fictions" -- as merely ways of speaking about complex sets.