The Number Sense (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Stanislas Dehaene
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Learning theory
- Genres: Nonfiction, Science and technology
- Subjects: Children, Genetics, Learning or scholarship, Mathematics or mathematicians, Intellect, Experiments, Instinct, Mammals, Numerals, Brain
The burgeoning subject of artificial intelligence, stimulated by humankind’s incredible dependence on computers, has drawn people from many disciplines into discourse about the origins of intelligence and learning theory. In 1994, Steven Pinker published The Language Instinct, which presents the argument that inherent in humans is a grammatical superstructure that enables people to shape language and to communicate within the language parameters of their societies. Pinker followed this study with How the Mind Works (1997), an extended investigation of the origins of...
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