Re: Numbers in Leibniz

2012-10-29 Thread Stephen P. King
On 10/29/2012 1:15 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Still waiting for the storm to shut things down. Numbers are not discussed specifically as far as I can find yet, in my books on Leibniz. Which probably means that they are simply numbers, with no ontological status. Sort of like space or

Re: Numbers in Leibniz

2012-10-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Oct 2012, at 06:15, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Still waiting for the storm to shut things down. Take care. Numbers are not discussed specifically as far as I can find yet, in my books on Leibniz. Which probably means that they are simply numbers, with no ontological status.

Re: Numbers in Leibniz

2012-10-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Oct 2012, at 14:36, Stephen P. King wrote: So numbers are universal and can be treated mathematically as always. I agree, but the concept of numbers has no meaning prior to the existence of objects that can be counted. To think otherwise is equivalent to claiming that

Numbers in Leibniz

2012-10-28 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Still waiting for the storm to shut things down. Numbers are not discussed specifically as far as I can find yet, in my books on Leibniz. Which probably means that they are simply numbers, with no ontological status. Sort of like space or time. Inextended and everywhere. Numbers