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Do mental magnitudes form part of the foundation for natural number concepts? Don't count them out yet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2008

Hilary Barth
Hilary Barth
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT [email protected]
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Abstract

The current consensus among most researchers is that natural number is not built solely upon a foundation of mental magnitudes. On their way to the conclusion that magnitudes do not form any part of that foundation, Rips et al. pass rather quickly by theories suggesting that mental magnitudes might play some role. These theories deserve a closer look.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , December 2008 , pp. 644 - 645
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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