One issue that needs to be clarified here is the relationship as between number and other mathematical symbols. On the one hand it would be valid to maintain that the fundamental nature of reality (as phenomenally revealed) is mathematical. However I would also contend that it is more precisely related to number. Basically I would maintain that number in fact implicitly requires other key mathematical symbols and relationships. For example I have frequently identified 1 with the (straight) line and 0 with the circle. So there are intimate links here as between key numerical and geometrical notions. Also the important operations of addition and subtraction are again implied by the most basic of numbers (1 and 0). The very recognition of form in any context implies 1. So for example if one distinctly recognises an object this implies the corresponding inherent recognition of 1. So without such recognition one would not be even able to differentiate objects in experience. However e
An alternative qualitative appreciation of science based on the holistic interpretation of mathematical symbols