Re: the only five senses, or maybe not?
The debate you mention is largely related to arriving at a standardized definition of the word "sense" before the debate can move on to actually arriving at a number.
Similarly, the definition problem extends to determining whether the "ear" involved in the sense of hearing is separate from the vestibular labyrinthine system of the inner ear which is the generally accepted "organ" involved in the "sense" of equilibrium and whether the thermoception "organ" includes the skin AND internal skin passages.
As with most things to do with "medicine" the devil is in the detail (including defining the word "medicine") and the level of detail at which the debaters are operating.
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