Mathematical symbols as epistemic actions

DOI10.1007/S11229-010-9837-9MaRDI QIDQ2442884zbMATH OpenOpenAlexDBLPWikidataFDO

Authors Helen De Cruz, Johan De Smedt

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

extended mindhistory of mathematicsmathematical symbolssymbolic cognition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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