… definition of arithmetic. These include such questions as the ontology of numbers generally;
… numeral sequences in Quechua; and the relationship between shape and quantity (as in the …

… on to a quantity already agreed … social life of numbers in the market place is given insufficient
treatment. He does so explicitly, because, when he discusses European logic of numbers …

… is to reflect upon the philosophical underpinnings of a Quechua ontology of numbers, the
basis for … philosophy of how and why numbers operate as they do. Urton finds the basis for this …

… He recognizes an Andean mathematics of rectification, aimed at 'balancing' labour … both
numbers and narratives, were burned and prohibited. The challenge of Arabic numerals to the …

… in abstract mathematics, it appears that the Quechua do not … number. We are no doubt also
confronted here with one of the implications of the absence of a system of written numerals in …

… numbers or ordinal numerals … , numbers are conceptualized in terms of social–especially
family and kinship—roles and relations. One consequence of their participation in social life is …

… As Gary Urton does in the first page of his book, I should make clear at the outset of this
review that I am not an expert mathematician, nor do I spend my free time seeking out and …

… , with beads, and embodied in social life. They look for … for doing Peano’s arithmetic—without
the use of numerals. Also, in … Urton’s thesis: that Quechua number ontology has a relevant …

… Castro can be expressed as the affirmation that amerindian ontologies belong to a group of
… not” grounded kinship ontology on “commonality”, in a generalized sense that amounts to a …

… actions, with beads, and embodied in social life. ey look for … doing Peano’s arithmetic—without
the use of numerals. Also, in … Urton’s thesis: that Quechua number ontology has a relevant …