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Thanks, this makes the most sense to me. The problem more generally stated then for more fields is that how much abstraction do we carry innately and how much m

by nyrulez 10y ago

Thanks, this makes the most sense to me. The problem more generally stated then for more fields is that how much abstraction do we carry innately and how much must be taught. Applies to math as well. It appears to me that ability to count is innate. But beyond that I don't know what else. Would be great to find out.

Retra 10y ago
I'd disagree that "counting" is innate. The mental recognition of scale and quantity may be innate, but "counting" seems to be a more elaborate matter of embedding scale and quantity recognition into an abstract mental or linguistic framework. That is, to count you need to understand number, but to make decisions about scale and quantity, you don't.