Stories by Jacob Beck

Jacob Beck is York Research Chair in the Philosophy of Visual Perception and an associate professor in the department of philosophy at York University in Toronto. Credit: Nick Higgins

Cognition

Babies Are Born with an Innate Number Sense

Plato was right: newborns do math

March 7, 2023 — Jacob Beck and Sam Clarke

The Sciences

The Perception of Surface Color

Colors are normally regarded in terms of wavelength and intensity. The colors of surfaces are much more complex. Consider the subtle variations of color in a blue scarf carelessly thrown on a table...

August 1, 1975 — Jacob Beck