Where mathematics comes from : how the embodied mind brings mathematics into being
By: Lakoff, George.
Contributor(s): Nunez, Rafael E.
Publisher: New York Basic Books 2000Description: xvii, 493p.ISBN: 9780465037711.Subject(s): Mathematics -- Philosophy | Mathematics -- Psychological aspects | Number conceptDDC classification: 510 | L149w Summary: 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.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | General Stacks | 510 L149w (Browse shelf) | Available | A185714 |
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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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