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When does 'number' become 'quantity'?
Numbers themselves are simply conceptual objects, but when does number become a quantity? Is the 'cardinality' of a set a 'quantity'? it is a count but we represent it with just a number that we ...
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What should be the definition of absurdity?
I several times have encountered questions, asked by myself and other people about different things, subjects, phenomena, considered to be absurd to common perception. But, sometimes through rigourous ...
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How to define a number [closed]
What is the positive real number (say less than one) that is not a rational nor an irrational number?
I have encountered a mathematical problem that confused me about the definition of real numbers,...
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How could the concept of 'evidence' be defined, and how significant is it?
What is evidence, and how much of it means that a proposition is true? Does a partial / total lack of evidence mean that a proposition should be ignored?
Is the concept evidence more important to ...
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