Re: Where do numbers come from?
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It is my understanding that the question you are asking is deep and unsolved to this day.
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Not sure what you mean by 'deep' or 'unsolved', but yes there exists a debate.
For origins of the debate see Plato's Meno and the dialogue between Socrates and the slave boy.
In terms of the current definitions, I'm a formalist, I don't think we have any real evidence to the contrary.
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