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- W4205657451 abstract "On a now orthodox view, humans and many other animals possess a number sense, or approximate number system (ANS), that represents number. Recently, this orthodox view has been subject to numerous critiques that question whether the ANS genuinely represents number. We distinguish three lines of critique - the arguments from congruency, confounds, and imprecision - and show that none succeed. We then provide positive reasons to think that the ANS genuinely represents numbers, and not just non-numerical confounds or exotic substitutes for number, such as numerosities or quanticals, as critics propose. In so doing, we raise a neglected question: numbers of what kind? Proponents of the orthodox view have been remarkably coy on this issue. But this is unsatisfactory since the predictions of the orthodox view, including the situations in which the ANS is expected to succeed or fail, turn on the kind(s) of number being represented. In response, we propose that the ANS represents not only natural numbers (e.g., 7), but also non-natural rational numbers (e.g., 3.5). It does not represent irrational numbers (e.g., √2), however, and thereby fails to represent the real numbers more generally. This distances our proposal from existing conjectures, refines our understanding of the ANS, and paves the way for future research." @default.
- W4205657451 created "2022-01-26" @default.
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- W4205657451 date "2021-01-01" @default.
- W4205657451 modified "2023-10-17" @default.
- W4205657451 title "The number sense represents (rational) numbers" @default.
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