banx comments on Integral vs differential ethics, continued - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DataPacRat 04 August 2015 12:59:25AM 0 points [-]

What are the forms of math called where you can compare numbers, such as to say that 3 is bigger than 2, but can't necessarily add numbers - that is, 2+2 may or may not be bigger than 3?

Comment author: banx 04 August 2015 04:02:19AM 0 points [-]

I think you're talking about ordinal numbers vs cardinal numbers. With ordinal numbers you can say a > b, but not by how much.