Visual thinking in mathematics [electronic resource] : an epistemological study / M. Giaquinto.

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Giaquinto, M. (Marcus)

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Oxford eBooks

Publication details: Oxford : Clarendon, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (287 p.) : illISBN:

9780199285945

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Electronic books.

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510 22

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QA8.4

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Summary: Drawing from philosophical work on the nature of concepts and from empirical studies of visual perception, mental imagery, and numerical cognition, Giaquinto explores a major source of our grasp of mathematics, using examples from basic geometry arithmetic, algebra, and real analysis.

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Drawing from philosophical work on the nature of concepts and from empirical studies of visual perception, mental imagery, and numerical cognition, Giaquinto explores a major source of our grasp of mathematics, using examples from basic geometry arithmetic, algebra, and real analysis.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.