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Where mathematics comes from. How the embodied mind brings mathematics into being

By George , Nunez , Rafael E.; Lakoff

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2000
ISBN
0-465-03771-2, 978-0-465-03771-1, 192-563-947-9
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
4 MB (4293340 bytes)
Edition
unknown
Pages
512\513
Library
kolxoz
Time added
2017-10-15 16:00:00
Mathematics -- Philosophy;Mathematics -- Psycholog

Description

This book is about mathematical ideas, about what mathematics means-and why. Abstract ideas, for the most part, arise via conceptual metaphor-metaphorical ideas projecting from the way we function in the everyday physical world. Where Mathematics Comes From argues that conceptual metaphor plays a central role in mathematical ideas within the cognitive unconscious-from arithmetic and algebra to sets and logic to infinity in all of its forms.

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