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A '''number''' is an identification of a [[quantity]], by means of a symbol whose position in a fixed sequence of those symbols is the same amount as that which is being identified.<ref>I took this definition from Harry Binswanger, in his course ''Philosophy of Mathematics'', 2024. </ref>


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A number is an identification of a quantity, by means of a symbol whose position in a fixed sequence of those symbols is the same amount as that which is being identified.[1]

References

  1. I took this definition from Harry Binswanger, in his course Philosophy of Mathematics, 2024.