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Representation of pure magnitudes in ANS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2021

Steven Gross Open the ORCID record for Steven Gross [Opens in a new window] ,
William Kowalsky  and
Tyler Burge
Steven Gross
Affiliation:
William H. Miller III Department of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA sgross11@jhu.edu https://sites.google.com/site/grosssteven/
William Kowalsky
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada william.kowalsky@gmail.com http://williamkowalsky.com/
Tyler Burge
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1451, USA. burge@ucla.edu https://philosophy.ucla.edu/person/tyler-burge/
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Abstract

According to Clarke and Beck (C&B), the approximate number system (ANS) represents numbers. We argue that the ANS represents pure magnitudes. Considerations of explanatory economy favor the pure magnitudes hypothesis. The considerations C&B direct against the pure magnitudes hypothesis do not have force.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e189
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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