Where Mathematics Comes From
Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being (hereinafter WMCF) is a book by George Lakoff, a cognitive linguist, and Rafael E. Núñez, a psychologist. Published in 2000, WMCF seeks to found a cognitive science of mathematics, a theory of embodied mathematics based on conceptual metaphor.
Read more about Where Mathematics Comes From: WMCF Definition of Mathematics, Human Cognition and Mathematics, Examples of Mathematical Metaphors, Example of Metaphorical Ambiguity, The Romance of Mathematics, Critical Response, Summing Up
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