Buch | Kapitel
Geometry and cognition
pp. 175-209
Abstrakt
It is commonly accepted that "actual" (not astronomically too large or sub-microscopically too small) geometrical properties and relations of physical objects follow the axioms and theorems of the three-dimensional Euclidean geometry. But what about perceptions (and related judgments) that concern these geometrical relations and properties of physical objects?
Publication details
Published in:
Magnani Lorenzo (2001) Philosophy and geometry: theoretical and historical issues. Dordrecht, Springer.
Seiten: 175-209
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-9622-5_7
Referenz:
Magnani Lorenzo (2001) Geometry and cognition, In: Philosophy and geometry, Dordrecht, Springer, 175–209.