Frege's analysis of number concepts shows that concepts like 'successor' and 'zero' generate an infinite structure where no concept-part can be fully individuated without implicit reference to the whole number series.
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implicit reference(as in referencing the whole number series without explicitly naming it)
Mentioning or depending on something without saying it directly—like when you understand a joke because of background knowledge you're not spelling out.
individuated(Chodorow's account of boys' psychological development)
Feeling oneself to be separate or distinct from others, as a result of identifying with an absent parent
number series(as the complete system that individual number concepts depend on)
The infinite sequence of all numbers in order: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on forever.
zero(as the foundational number concept in Frege's system)
The number 0; the starting point or absence of quantity that Frege uses as the foundation for building all other numbers.