How does it exist though? Does it exist because we have a notation for it, or because we know its definition? Does the number 2 itself even exist? What does it mean to say that the number 2 exists?
Calculo, ergo sum?
How does it exist though? Does it exist because we have a notation for it, or because we know its definition? Does the number 2 itself even exist? What does it mean to say that the number 2 exists?
Calculo, ergo sum?
> Calculo, ergo sum?
Pretty much:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_encoding
The number 2 simply exists independent of human intervention.
I am not convinced. There are no two equal things in nature. Numbering things, say apples, is a completely human abstraction over two different things.
How many units of protons does Helium have?