[MD] WHY MoQ IS PARALYzED
ARLO J BENSINGER JR
ajb102 at psu.edu
Thu Apr 24 16:27:45 PDT 2008
[Arlo previously]
Explain to me the difference (conceptually) between "2" and "two".
[Craig]
None. The former is a numeral (common to many arithmetical systems);the latter
a word in English.
[Arlo]
What's the difference between a "numeral" and a "word"? All words have
definitions, as do numerals. All words are "symbols" for the concept they
represent, as are numerals.
I read your link, but it does not apply here. I am not arguing that we don't
call this symbol "2" a number and this symbol "two" a textual word, but they
are identical in needing language to explain/make sense of them.
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