Poetic logic and the origins of the mathematical imagination
Auteur :
Danesi, Marcel
Éditeur :
Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN :
9783031315848
Date de publication :
2 août 2024
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This book treats eighteenth-century Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico’s 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.