Two Models od Number Representation. Mental Number Line and Mental Number Cluster

• Authors: Karolina Rożko

Title variants

PL

Dwa modele reprezentacji liczb. Umysłowa oś liczbowa oraz umysłowa wiązka osi liczbowych

EN

Two Models od Number Representation. Mental Number Line and Mental Number Cluster

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The main aim of this article is to present two models that explain how mathematical notions are created in mind - "mental number line" and "mental number cluster". The first one was proposed by Stanislas Dehaene. According to this model, the basis of the simplest mathematical notions is the mental one-axis line, which contains discrete values of natural numbers. The second model was proposed by Wojciech Krysztofiak. In this model the basic mental representation takes the form of a cluster of numerical axes. Both models are presented from a different point of view: the "mental number line" model is presented from the neuroscientific perspective, whereas the "mental number cluster" - from the formal-logic perspective. However, the abstract nature of the former model and the experimental predictions of the latter has allowed us to compare them.

• Publisher: University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy
• Journal: Filozofia Nauki
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 107-122

Dates

published

2015-06-01

Contributors

author

Karolina Rożko