Review: George Lakoff & Rafael E. Núnez (2000). Where Mathematics Comes From—How the Embodied Mind brings Mathematics into Being

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  • Michael B. Buchholz Universität Göttingen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-3.1.891

Keywords:

mathematics, cognitive science, embodiment

Abstract

Until recently, mathematics was seldom a topic of interest in cognitive science. However, cognitive linguists no longer follow the CHOMSKYian dogmatism and have adapted the view founded by George LAKOFF that human experience is basically embodied. Thus, embodied cognitive schemata should be able to create a fundament in or for mathematics—LAKOFFs/NUNEZ' work serves as a test for this supposition. Mathematics is perceived as an expression and a part of human interaction and their bodily experience in a new and fascinating way. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs020143

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Author Biography

Michael B. Buchholz, Universität Göttingen

Michael B. BUCHHOLZ (http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/beirat/buchholz-d.htm), Dipl.-Psych., Dr. phil., apl. Prof. am Fachbereich Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Göttingen, arbeitet als Psychoanalytiker in privater Praxis. Arbeitsschwerpunkte: Qualitative Sozialforschung, besonders Metapherntheorie. Letzte Veröffentlichungen: Metaphern der Kur – Qualitative Studien zum therapeutischen Prozeß (Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1996); Psychotherapie als Profession (Psychosozial-Verlag, Giessen 1999)

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Published

2002-01-31

How to Cite

Buchholz, M. B. (2002). Review: George Lakoff & Rafael E. Núnez (2000). Where Mathematics Comes From—How the Embodied Mind brings Mathematics into Being. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-3.1.891

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2002): Qualitative Methods in Various Disciplines III: Criminology

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FQS Reviews

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Copyright (c) 2002 Michael B. Buchholz

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