Anna Sverdlik

How Our Emotions and Bodies are Vital for Abstract Thought

Perfect Mathematics for Imperfect Minds

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book describes the mechanisms that make formal logic possible, before discussing errors that occur in our cortical constructs, and the implications this has for abstract thought. The book then goes on to explore the roles of emotion and embodiment, and the unique relationship they have in minimising the shortcomings of our physiology to provide us with an understanding of mathematics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781138565845
• ISBN-10: 1138565849
• Artikelnr.: 53069031

Autorenporträt

Anna Sverdlik is a clinical psychiatrist at Tel Hashomer, a major Israeli hospital. She specializes in brain injury and neurocognitive disorders.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Chapter 1. The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics
Chapter 2. Why logic is never ideal
Chapter 3. Working memory and logical limitations
Chapter 4. Overpowered by emotion
Chapter 5. From cognition to recognition and back again
Chapter 6. Non-algorithmic thinking machine?
Chapter 7. How mathematics can outwit physiology
Afterword
Index