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. 2021 Dec 15:44:e183.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X21001126.

Positing numerosities may be metaphysically extravagant; positing representation of numerosities is not

Simon A B Brown  1
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Positing numerosities may be metaphysically extravagant; positing representation of numerosities is not

Simon A B Brown. Behav Brain Sci. .

Abstract

Clarke and Beck (C&B) assume that approximate number system (ANS) representations should be assigned referents from our scientific ontology. However, many representations, both in perception and cognition, do not straightforwardly refer to such entities. If we reject C&B's assumption, many possible contents for ANS representations besides number are compatible with the evidence C&B cite.

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