Deutsche Gesellschaft
für phänomenologische Forschung

Buch | Kapitel

183067

Geometry and cognition

Lorenzo Magnani

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.