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(2003) Philosophy of arithmetic, Dordrecht, Springer.
The origination of the concept of multiplicity through that of the collective combination
Edmund Husserl
pp. 15-22
The well-known definition of the concept of number — as we may more briefly say in place of "whole number," conforming to the common way of speaking — is: The number is a multiplicity of units. Since Euclid1 used it, this definition has returned again and again. Instead of "multiplicity," the words "plurality," "totality," "aggregate," "collection," "group," etc., are also used, all names of the same or almost the same signification, although not without appreciable nuances.2
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-0060-4_2
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Husserl, E. (2003). The origination of the concept of multiplicity through that of the collective combination, in Philosophy of arithmetic, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 15-22.
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