Abstract or not abstract? Well, it depends ...

Alison Pease; Alan Smaill; Markus Guhe

doi:10.1017/S0140525X09991063

Abstract or not abstract? Well, it depends ...

Alison Pease, Alan Smaill, Markus Guhe

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The target article by Cohen Kadosh & Walsh (CK&W) raises questions as to the precise nature of the notion of abstractness that is intended. We note that there are various uses of the term, and also more generally in mathematics, and suggest that abstractness is not an all-or-nothing property as the authors suggest. An alternative possibility raised by the analysis of numerical representation into automatic and intentional codes is suggested.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	345-346
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	32
Issue number	3/4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X09991063
Publication status	Published - Aug 2009

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