{"id":81,"date":"2010-01-26T16:53:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T16:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borovik.net\/selecta\/?p=81"},"modified":"2025-12-14T16:55:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T16:55:26","slug":"daniil-kharms-and-the-subitising-counting-threshold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borovik.net\/selecta\/2010\/01\/26\/daniil-kharms-and-the-subitising-counting-threshold\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniil Kharms and the subitising\/counting threshold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I discovered an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/xarms.lipetsk.ru\/texts\/geras1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>\u00a0(in Russian: \u0413\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0410., \u041a\u0430\u0440\u0440\u0438\u043a \u041d. \u041a \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0443 \u043e \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0438 \u0447\u0438\u0441\u0435\u043b \u0443 \u0425\u0430\u0440\u043c\u0441\u0430: \u0428\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043fp\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b) about the special role of number 6 in the works of Daniil Kharms. \u00a0Actually, there is a strong feeling that Kharms was writing about the classical subitising\/counting threshold. Two samples: one inEglish translation, another is in original Russian (I cannot find a decent translation of the most mathematical of all Kharms\u2019 works).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Falling Out-Old Women<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A certain old woman fell out of a window because she was too curious. She fell and broke into pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Another old woman leaned her head out the window and looked at the one that had broken into pieces, but because she was too curious, she too fell out of the window \u2014 fell and broke into pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Then a third old woman fell out of the window, then a fourth, then a fifth.<\/p>\n<p>When the sixth old woman fell out, I became fed up with watching them and went to Maltsevsky Market, where, they say, a certain blind man was presented with a knit shawl.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And another one, from the text \u00a0\u201c\u042f \u0432\u0430\u043c \u0445\u043e\u0447\u0443 p\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0442\u044c\u2026\u201d :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c\u0437\u0430\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043c \u0447\u0442\u043e:<br \/>\n1. \u0414\u0432\u0435 p\u0443\u043a\u0438, \u0434\u0432\u0435 \u043d\u043e\u0433\u0438, \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0435p\u0435\u0434\u043a\u0435 \u0441\u0430\u043f\u043e\u0433\u0438.<br \/>\n2. \u0423\u0448\u0438 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0430\u044e\u0442 \u0442\u0435\u043c \u0436\u0435 \u0447\u0435\u043c \u0438 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0437\u0430.<br \/>\n3. \u0411\u0435\u0433\u0430\u0442\u044c \u2013 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043b \u0438\u0437-\u043f\u043e\u0434 \u043d\u043e\u0433.<br \/>\n4. \u0429\u0443\u043f\u0430\u0442\u044c \u2013 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043b \u0438\u0437-\u043f\u043e\u0434 p\u0443\u043a.<br \/>\n5. \u0423\u0441\u044b \u043c\u043e\u0433\u0443\u0442 \u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c \u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0443 \u0441\u044b\u043d\u0430.<br \/>\n6. \u0417\u0430\u0442\u044b\u043b\u043a\u043e\u043c \u043d\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0437\u044f p\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043c\u043e\u0442p\u0435\u0442\u044c \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0432\u0438\u0441\u0438\u0442 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0435.<br \/>\n17. \u041e\u0431p\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0432\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u0448\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435p\u043a\u0438 \u0438\u0434\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u0435\u043c\u043d\u0430\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u044c\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(A translation of the \u00a0last line: 17. Notice the six is followed by seventeen.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I discovered an\u00a0article\u00a0(in Russian: \u0413\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0410., \u041a\u0430\u0440\u0440\u0438\u043a \u041d. \u041a \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0443 \u043e \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0438 \u0447\u0438\u0441\u0435\u043b \u0443 \u0425\u0430\u0440\u043c\u0441\u0430: \u0428\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043fp\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b) about the special role of number 6 in the works of Daniil Kharms. \u00a0Actually, there is a strong feeling that Kharms was writing about the classical subitising\/counting threshold. Two samples: one inEglish translation, another is in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borovik.net\/selecta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borovik.net\/selecta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borovik.net\/selecta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borovik.net\/selecta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borovik.net\/selecta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/borovik.net\/selecta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/borovik.net\/selecta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borovik.net\/selecta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borovik.net\/selecta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borovik.net\/selecta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}