Arithmetic has a biological origin – it’s an expression in symbols of the ‘deep structure’ of our perception

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Arithmetic has a biological origin – it’s an expression in symbols of the ‘deep structure’ of our perception

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By Randolph Grace
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Randolph Grace, a professor of psychology at the University of Canterbury questions why arithmetic is universally true

Everyone knows that arithmetic is true: 2 + 2 = 4. But surprisingly, we don’t know why it’s true. By stepping outside the box of our usual way o