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UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2017/newsitem/9384/27-
 October-2017-Joint-session-DiP-Colloquium-Cognitio
 n@ILLC-Prof-Richard-Menary
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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  <p>Abstract:</p>\
 n\n  <p>In 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).</p>\n
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
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