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Why cardinalities are the “natural” natural numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2008

Mathieu Le Corre
Mathieu Le Corre
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada. [email protected]
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Abstract

According to Rips et al., numerical cognition develops out of two independent sets of cognitive primitives – one that supports enumeration, and one that supports arithmetic and the concepts of natural numbers. I argue against this proposal because it incorrectly predicts that natural number concepts could develop without prior knowledge of enumeration.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , December 2008 , pp. 659
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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