Coming from a world without objects

While research on object individuation assumes that even very young children are able to perceive objects as particulars, we argue that the results of relevant studies can be explained in terms of feature discrimination. We propose that children start out navigating the world with a feature‐based ontology and only later become able to individuate objects spatiotemporally. Furthermore, object individuation is a cognitively demanding achievement resting on a uniquely human form of enculturation, namely the acquisition of deictic demonstratives. We conclude by outlining empirical expectations for operationalizations of our proposal

Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Deixis · Enculturation · Individuation · Linguistics · Psychoanalysis · Action Observation and Synchronization · Child and Animal Learning Development · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Philosophy · Psychology

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