Ideas of Jeffrey H. Sicha, by Theme

[American, fl. 1968, At Amherst College.]

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / d. Natural numbers
The essence of natural numbers must reflect all the functions they perform
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure
Counting puts an initial segment of a serial ordering 1-1 with some other entities
To know how many, you need a numerical quantifier, as well as equinumerosity