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- adjective mathematics Having
equal cardinality .
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Examples he cited were the Frege/Russell definition of numbers as classes of equinumerous classes, the theory of definite descriptions, the construction of matter from sense data, and several others.
Logical Constructions Linsky, Bernard 2009
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For Bolzano, equipollence and “having exactly the same kind of construction” (die ganz gleiche Entstehungsart haben) are taken together as a sufficient condition for infinite sets being equinumerous or having the same cardinal number.
Slices of Matisse gerard varni 2009
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The number of Fs is identical to the number of Gs if and only if F and G are equinumerous.
Frege's Logic, Theorem, and Foundations for Arithmetic Zalta, Edward N. 2009
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Instead numbers were to be defined as classes of equinumerous classes.
Logical Constructions Linsky, Bernard 2009
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In the first example, we have two concepts that are equinumerous:
Frege's Logic, Theorem, and Foundations for Arithmetic Zalta, Edward N. 2009
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Crispin Wright's ˜neo-Fregean™ programme shows how Peano's postulates can be derived within the framework of second-order logic from nothing except the Humean principle that the same number attaches to equinumerous concepts.
Naturalism Papineau, David 2007
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This brings him close to Frege's idea that the number of a given class is the class of all classes equinumerous to that given class.
John Stuart Mill Wilson, Fred 2007
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In this problem, which has historically been presented as concerning "marriage", there are two disjoint equinumerous sets, which we may call "men" and "women".
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In this problem, which has historically been presented as concerning "marriage", there are two disjoint equinumerous sets, which we may call "men" and "women".
Planet Perl 2009
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Oresme's proof is somewhat reminiscent of Georg Cantor's (1845 “ 1918) demonstration that certain infinite sets are equinumerous.
Nicole Oresme Kirschner, Stefan 2009
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