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Hume's principle: a standalone construct

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the principle that the number of Fs equals the number of Gs just in case the Fs and the Gs can be put in one-to-one correspondence.

In logic, Hume's principle refers to the principle that the number of Fs equals the number of Gs just in case the Fs and the Gs can be put in one-to-one correspondence. This meaning comes from Wright (1980) in Frege's conception of numbers as objects.[1]

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References

Wright, C. (1980). Frege's conception of numbers as objects. Aberdeen University Press. ISBN 9780080257266

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