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The role of the brain in the metaphorical mathematical cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2008

George Lakoff
George Lakoff
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Department of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-2650lakoff@berkeley.edu
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Abstract

Rips et al. appear to discuss, and then dismiss with counterexamples, the brain-based theory of mathematical cognition given in Lakoff and Núñez (2000). Instead, they present another theory of their own that they correctly dismiss. Our theory is based on neural learning. Rips et al. misrepresent our theory as being directly about real-world experience and mappings directly from that experience.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , December 2008 , pp. 658 - 659
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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