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How Our Emotions and Bodies are Vital for Abstract Thought
- Perfect Mathematics for Imperfect Minds
Engelsk Paperback
How Our Emotions and Bodies are Vital for Abstract Thought
- Perfect Mathematics for Imperfect Minds
Engelsk Paperback

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If mathematics is the purest form of knowledge, the perfect foundation of all the hard sciences, and a uniquely precise discipline, then how can the human brain, an imperfect and imprecise organ, process mathematical ideas? Is mathematics made up of eternal, universal truths? Or, as some have claimed, could mathematics simply be a human invention, a kind of tool or metaphor?

These questions are among the greatest enigmas of science and epistemology, discussed at length by mathematicians, physicians, and philosophers. But, curiously enough, neuroscientists have been absent in the debate, even though it is precisely the field of neuroscience—which studies the brain’s mechanisms for thinking and reasoning—that ought to be at the very center of these discussions.

How our Emotions and Bodies are Vital for Abstract Thought

explores the unique mechanisms of cooperation between the body, emotions, and the cortex, based on fundamental physical principles. It is these mechanisms that help us to overcome the limitations of our physiology and allow our imperfect, human brains to make transcendent mathematical discoveries.

This book is written for anyone who is interested in the nature of abstract thought, including mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists, psychologists, and psychiatrists.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
218
ISBN-13:
9781138565869
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1138565865
Udg. Dato:
13 jun 2018
Længde:
13mm
Bredde:
150mm
Højde:
230mm
Forlag:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oplagsdato:
13 jun 2018
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