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My words may have meaning, your parrot’s may too.

Posted on 2021-06-07 by alan

A recent essay by Stephen Law in Psyche Ideas, entitled My words have meaning, your parrot’s do not. Wittgenstein explains, is forcing me into yet another diatribe in my ongoing love-hate relationship with “philosophy”. A slogan often associated with the … Continue reading →

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Where does our “Number Sense” come from?

Posted on 2021-04-11 by alan

Source: Why do humans have numbers: are they cultural or innate? | Aeon Essays The fact that we can reliably count to 152 and distinguish it from 153 does not mean that we have a “sense” of either of those … Continue reading →

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