On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 6:00 AM Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > By contrast, if > we both think of the number 1, we're both thinking of the exact same > number, because it's a singleton.
Thanks - this sentence gave me a lightbulb moment in realizing that multiset speaks of multiple inclusion of "platonic 1's" which doesn't apply to actual instances of "1 item". (always love it when mathematical and legal contexts collide - dealing with that a lot in RL).
