What Does It All Mean?

Calvin C. Clawson

Chapter Chapter 14 in The Mathematical Traveler, 1994, pp 247-262 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We have come a long way in our quest for numbers. Beginning with the natural numbers, we have investigated their origins and expanded our ideas to include fractions, irrational, complex, and transfinite numbers. We have even speculated on how other species count. Now it is time to ask: What are numbers in the most general sense? This is really not a mathematical question but a philosophical one, and as such, we must be careful not to get bogged down in a quagmire of endless philosophical debate.

Keywords: Physical Object; Physical World; Mathematical Object; Material Object; Material World (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-6014-6_15

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