The facts of reality that give rise to the FP approach is the recognition that computation is essentially a process of inferring quantities. Its purpose is to a

The facts of reality that give rise to the FP approach is the recognition that computation is essentially a process of inferring quantities. Its purpose is to aid in human thinking. And the conceptual faculty is a quantitative mechanism. This is laid out eloquently in David Harriman’s book “The Logical Leap”. See also “Concept-formation as a mathematical process” in OPAR. The computer is in essence a quantifying device. Its invention was motivated by man’s need to quantify. Anyone else tired of verbose writing?