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Numerosity, area-osity, object-osity? Oh my

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2021

Sami R. Yousif Open the ORCID record for Sami R. Yousif [Opens in a new window]
Sami R. Yousif*
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Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8205, USA. sami.yousif@yale.edu; samiyousif.org
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Abstract

There is ongoing debate about whether number is perceived directly. Clarke and Beck suggest that what plagues this debate is a lack of shared understanding about what it means to perceive number in the first place. I agree. I argue that the perception of number is held to a different standard than, say, the perception of objecthood; considering this, I explore what it might mean for the number system to represent rational numbers.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e203
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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