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George Lakoff investigates how mathematical ideas arise from human cognition and how concepts such as numbers and infinity are understood by the mind. He discusses the implications of these psychological foundations for the meaning and truth of mathematical theorems.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Philosophy/Philosophy of Mind
Authors: George Lakoff
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