Kadosh 2015 Oxford Univ Press
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| Kadosh Roi Cohen, Dowker Ann, ed (2015) The Oxford handbook of numerical cognition. Oxford Univ Press:1185 pp. |
Kadosh Roi Cohen, Dowker Ann (2015) Oxford Univ Press
Abstract: Numbers are vital to so many areas of life: in science, economics, sports, education, and many aspects of everyday life from infancy onwards. This handbook brings together the different research areas that make up the vibrant field of numerical cognition in one comprehensive and authoritative volume.
• Bioblast editor: Gnaiger E
Chapter 2: Philosophy of number by Giaquinto Marcus
- Numbers cannot be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled; they do not emit or reflect signals; they leave no traces. So what kind of things are they? These are the central philosophical questions about numbers. Plausible combinations of answers have proved elusive.
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- Gnaiger E (2020) Canonical reviewer's comments on: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (2019) The International System of Units (SI) 9th ed. MitoFit Preprint Arch 2020.4 doi:10.26124/mitofit:200004.
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International System of Units, Number, MitoFit 2020.4, X-mass Carol
