Is the concept of one linguistic, numerical or both?

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Consider the statement:

There is one house over there…

The concept of one in this statement seems to be both linguistic and numerical at the same time. Which if it is the case, then that would mean the concept of numbers are in fact linguistic in origin, and the concept of one number, is in fact the concept of one THING, or one object, one word, one idea.

If this is true, then that means language is in fact equivalent to mathematics, since math is a subset of linguistics, because of the concept of one linguistically, and the concept of one numerically, are the same, in the same instance.

This would mean if true, that you can do mathematical proofs for maths in words, and not have to use numerals.

There is one(one-object-thing of) house over there, there is 1(one-object-thing of) house over there.

It seems to work! If I am wrong fire away, point out any flaws you see, and explain how it is so, so that I might right my ignorance! :slight_smile:

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To a point, this is essentially correct. But big numbers require operations, just as tricky conclusions require logic. But logic and mathematics are, indeed, the same thing. As long as you don’t confuse simple grammar with logic.

Every mathematical idea can be expressed in words of a sort - in symbolic logic.

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