The symbolic representations of numbers

pp. 235-269

in: Edmund Husserl, Philosophy of arithmetic, Berlin, Springer, 2003

Abstract

The symbolic representations of groups form the foundation for the symbolic representations of numbers. Had we only the authentic representations of groups, then the number series would at best end with twelve, and we would not even have the concept of a continuation beyond that. Along with the obvious lack of restriction on the symbolic expansion of groups, the same is also given for numbers, as we will soon see.