Poetic logic and the origins of the mathematical imagination
This book treats eighteenth-century Italian philosopher Giambattista Vicos theory of poetic logic for the first time as the originating force in mathematics, transforming instinctive counting and spatial perception into poetic (metaphorical) symbolism that dovetails with the origin of language. It l...
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Main Author: | Danesi, Marcel, 1946- |
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Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Cham :
Springer,
2023.
Cham : 2023. |
Physical Description: |
1 online resource (180 pages). |
Series: |
Mathematics in mind.
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