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.
Where Mathematics Come From
Basic Books
$14.13 - $37.51
- UPC:
- 9780465037711
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 8/16/2001
- Release Date:
- 8/16/2001
- Author:
- George Lakoff
- Language:
- English: Published; English: Original Language; English
- Edition:
- First Edition
- Pages:
- 511
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