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Where mathematics come from: how the embodied mind brings mathematics into being

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 ce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lakoff, George, Nuñez, Rafael
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Basic Books 2001
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2103314