BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2017/newsitem/9384/27- October-2017-Joint-session-DiP-Colloquium-Cognitio n@ILLC-Prof-Richard-Menary DTSTAMP:20171016T155656 SUMMARY:Joint session DiP Colloquium & Cognition@I LLC, Prof. Richard Menary ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Prof. Richard Menary (Macqua rie University) DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20171027T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20171027T173000 LOCATION:Room F3.20, Science Park 107, 1098 XG Ams terdam DESCRIPTION:Abstract: In 2015 I argued that full mathematical cognition was the result of a process of enculturation. Given that symbolic mathematics is a very recent acquisition—mathematical symbol systems are only thousands of years old and some m athematical practices are only hundreds of years o ld—it could not be the result of a genetically inh erited and specialised module. How then do we acqu ire the capacity for symbolic mathematics in ontog eny? I return to the argument I presented there, t hat we should pay close attention to the social an d cultural pressures that gave rise to the need fo r arithmetic and mathematics and to the cultural p ractices that were developed for thinking abstract ly about quantity. Mathematical practices recruit a number of existing capacities including the capa city for numerosity (which appears to be an ancien t endowment), the capacity for sensorimotor manipu lation of tools and the ability to perform sequenc es of operations according to norms (or rules). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
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\ n\nIn 2015 I argued that full mathematical co gnition was the result of a process of enculturati on. Given that symbolic mathematics is a very rece nt acquisition—mathematical symbol systems are onl y thousands of years old and some mathematical pra ctices are only hundreds of years old—it could not be the result of a genetically inherited and spec ialised module. How then do we acquire the capacit y for symbolic mathematics in ontogeny? I return t o the argument I presented there, that we should p ay close attention to the social and cultural pres sures that gave rise to the need for arithmetic an d mathematics and to the cultural practices that w ere developed for thinking abstractly about quanti ty. Mathematical practices recruit a number of exi sting capacities including the capacity for numero sity (which appears to be an ancient endowment), t he capacity for sensorimotor manipulation of tools and the ability to perform sequences of operation s according to norms (or rules).
URL:http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LoLa/DIP-Colloquiu m/event/35111/Mathematical-Cognition,-a-Case-of-En culturation-Redux CONTACT:Manuel Gustavo Isaac at isaac.manuelgustav o at gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR