In episode 14 we talk with Rafael Núñez from the University of California San Diego about his research into if human understanding of number has developed through biological evolution, or through the evolution of language and culture. His article, “Is There Really an Evolved Capacity for Number?,” was published in the June 2017 edition of Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

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Rafael’s other publications

A recent article in Aeon about the paper

about the paper The UCSD press release for the paper

A New Scientist article on some of the Yupno (Papua New Guinea) work that partially inspired the paper

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The importance of precise definitions

Experimentation into nativism vs. non-nativism of numbers

On Aymara studies

Snowboarding analogy for Biologically Evolved Preconditions

Introduction of the number line

“Number” is a polysemous term

How symbols define humanness

Teleological problems with evolution of numbers

Teleology in numerical cognition

What can be learned from animal studies of numerical cognition

Nativist explanation of symbolic learning

Mathematical operations with natural quantifiers

Calibrating natural quantifiers

On snowboarding analogy

Rafael’s response to Andreas Neider

What can be learned from brain studies of mathematical reasoning

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Hosts / Producers

Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins

How to Cite

Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Núñez, R.. (2018, January 9).Parsing Science – Capacity for Number. figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5915368.v2

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