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Nome e numero: una parentela Name and Number: a Kinship

in Versus n. 118, Semiotica e matematiche/Semiotics and Mathematics, pp.185-195

Abstract

In this paper we describe the relationships between two fundamental “cognitive gestures” of human beings: naming and counting. In particular, we try to define these relationships by examining the theoretical efforts of such authors as Euclide, Frege, Wittgenstein, Chomsky and Aristotle. The analysis is centered around justifying the mutual dependence between noun and number in human cognition.