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¿ES NECESARIO ESTAR ALFABETIZADO PARA COMPRENDER QUÉ SIGNIFICA CONTAR Y QUE LOS NÚMEROS NATURALES SON INFINITOS?
In this paper, we argue that in order to address whether literacy is essential for constructing natural numbers, we must examine whether the alphabet is necessary to acquire three more fundamental sub-capacities: the ability to represent formal relationships; the ability to understand that the final label in counting represents the total of the counted set; and the capacity to comprehend that natural numbers form a potentially infinite set, a truly infinite set, and that the difference between the set of all natural numbers and any finite number is also infinite. When evaluating the cognitive literature on the acquisition of these capacities, we find no evidence to suggest that literacy is necessary for the development of these capacities. At the end of the paper, we propose specific aspects in which, considering the hypothesis of Core Knowledge Systems, the alphabet could facilitate the construction of natural numbers, supporting what we term “Weak Representational Determinism. En este artículo, argumentamos que para responder si la alfabetización es esencial para construir los números naturales, debemos examinar si el alfabeto es necesario para adquirir tres subcapacidades más fundamentales: la de representar relaciones formales; la de comprender que la última etiqueta en el conteo representa el total del conjunto contado; y la capacidad de comprender que los números naturales forman un conjunto potencialmente infinito, realmente infinito, y que la diferencia entre el conjunto de todos los números naturales y cualquier número finito también es infinita. Al evaluar la literatura cognitiva sobre la adquisición de estas capacidades, no encontramos evidencia que sugiera que la alfabetización sea necesaria para la construcción de estas capacidades. Al final del artículo, proponemos aspectos específicos en los cuales, considerando la hipótesis de los Sistemas Centrales de Conocimiento, el alfabeto podría facilitar la construcción de los números naturales, respaldando lo que denominamos un “Determinismo Representacional Débil
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