The concepts of unity, infinity and perfection are acquired during the individual's cognitive development.
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This argument is used in the debate Does God exist?.
This argument is an objection to We have concepts within us that only God could have created..
Summary
Abstract concepts are formed through slow cerebral maturation and the manipulation of sensitive objects. Little by little, the child acquires complex mathematical notions, e.g. learning to recognize the same quantity of liquid in two very different-shaped containers. Concepts such as "infinity", "unity" or "justice" have been acquired through a long series of apprenticeships, but it's no use believing that God put them in us. Cf. Jean Piaget