Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science
From: aeo6 (aeo6_at_cornell.edu)
Date: 03/01/05
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Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:32:13 -0500
> And kids compare things through differences before they can count.
> Matching isn't possible without differences between things matched.
> The first things kids see in the context of reading is books then
> pages then paragraphs then perhaps sentences then words then letters.
> Bob's thesis seems to be that kids begin with letters or elements
> before differences. And matching isn't the same thing as mapping.
>
> Regards - Lester
>
Sure, people learn about things through their qualitative differences
before they learn about arithmetic differences. Counting things depends
on the definition of "things". This kind of goes back to the fact that
assertions in logical arguments ultimately rest on non-logically derived
truths.
-- Smiles, Tony
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