Mathematical symbols as epistemic actions

DOI10.1007/s11229-010-9837-9zbMath1284.00039OpenAlexW2046119648WikidataQ61906718 ScholiaQ61906718MaRDI QIDQ2442884

Johan De Smedt, Helen De Cruz

Publication date: 1 April 2014

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-010-9837-9

zbMATH Keywords

history of mathematicsextended mindmathematical symbolssymbolic cognition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Cognitive psychology (91E10)

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