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Foundations of Geometric Cognition (Paperback)
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Foundations of Geometric Cognition (Paperback)
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The cognitive foundations of geometry have puzzled academics for a
long time, and even today are mostly unknown to many scholars,
including mathematical cognition researchers. Foundations of
Geometric Cognition shows that basic geometric skills are deeply
hardwired in the visuospatial cognitive capacities of our brains,
namely spatial navigation and object recognition. These capacities,
shared with non-human animals and appearing in early stages of the
human ontogeny, cannot, however, fully explain a uniquely human
form of geometric cognition. In the book, Hohol argues that
Euclidean geometry would not be possible without the human capacity
to create and use abstract concepts, demonstrating how language and
diagrams provide cognitive scaffolding for abstract geometric
thinking, within a context of a Euclidean system of thought. Taking
an interdisciplinary approach and drawing on research from diverse
fields including psychology, cognitive science, and mathematics,
this book is a must-read for cognitive psychologists and cognitive
scientists of mathematics, alongside anyone interested in
mathematical education or the philosophical and historical aspects
of geometry.
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