Caesar invictus

Philosophia Mathematica 11 (3):285-304 (2003)
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The main purpose of this article is to argue that Crispin Wright and Bob Hale have not succeeded in overcoming the well-known ‘Julius Caesar objection’ to their proposed definition of the phrase ‘the number of’. It is hoped that the article will also help to clarify what would actually be needed in order to overcome this objection.

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Abstraction and additional nature.Bob Hale & Crispin Wright - 2008 - Philosophia Mathematica 16 (2):182-208.

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The roots of reference.W. V. Quine - 1973 - LaSalle, Ill.,: Open Court.
Frege’s Conception of Numbers as Objects.Crispin Wright - 1983 - Critical Philosophy 1 (1):97.
The Roots of Reference.W. V. Quine - 1974 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 27 (1):93-96.
Abstract Objects.John P. Burgess - 1992 - Philosophical Review 101 (2):414.

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