Number and numbers. ([2019?])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Nombre et les nombres.
• Further Information: Note: Alain Badiou ; translated by Robin Mackay.
• Other Names: Badiou, Alain
• Contents: Number must be thought: Genealogies : Frege, Dedekind, Peano, Cantor ; Greek number and modern number ; Frege ; Additional note on a contemporary usage of Frege ; Dedekind ; Peano ; Cantor : 'well-orderedness' and the ordinals -- Concepts: Natural multiplicities ; Transitive multiplicities ; Von Neumann ordinals ; Succession and limit : the infinite ; Recurrence, or Induction ; Natural whole numbers -- Ontology of number: Definition, order, cuts, types ; The concept of number : an evental nomination ; Additional notes on sets of ordinals ; Difference and order of numbers ; The concept of sub-number ; Cuts : the fundamental theorem ; The numberless enchantment of the place of number -- Operational dimensions: Natural interlude ; Algebra of numbers.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge, UK : Polity Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 240 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 510.1; Number concept; Numeration; Mathematics -- Philosophy; Mathematics -- Philosophy; Number concept; Numeration; Philosophie; Zahl
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781509534067; 1509534067
• Related ISBNs: 9780745638782; 0745638783; 9780745638799; 0745638791
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.