"Knowledge of Number and Knowledge of Language : Number as a Test Case for the Role of Language in Cognition"

Helen de Cruz (1) , Pierre Pica (2)

1 CLAP - Center for Logic and Analytical Philosophy
2 SFL - Structures Formelles du Langage

The relationship between language and conceptual thought is an unresolved problem in both philosophy and psychology. This special issue brings together cognitive scientists and philosophers to focus on the role of language in numerical cognition : because of of their universality and variability across languages, number words can serve as a fruitful test case to investigate claims of relativism.

Mots clés: natural numbers; numerical cognition; relativism; natural language; natural numbers

Domaines: Linguistique

Helen de Cruz, Pierre Pica. "Knowledge of Number and Knowledge of Language : Number as a Test Case for the Role of Language in Cognition". Philosophical Psychology, 2008, 21 (4), pp.437-441. ⟨10.1080/09515080802284217⟩. ⟨halshs-00318876⟩