Journal of Philosophical Investigations

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Assistant Professor, Payam Noor University

Abstract

Frege"s viewpoint about nature of naumber on the basis of"what is a number ascribed to? is cosider in this paper.The epistemological approach,specially abstractionism,was refuse by him.Because, this view wholly doesn't concern to qualifications of being number.But in accordance frege,for explenation of number introduces two factors:concept & equinumerosity.The basis of the first is principle context, and the other is Hume principle.The most important achievement of this paper is explanation of concept of number in accordance to those principles. ..* *** ** ** *** **** *** *** **** *** *** ** ** *** *** ***** **** *** * ** ** *** ***

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