Biopsychologiczne podstawy poznania geometrycznego

• Authors: Mateusz Hohol

Title variants

EN

Biopsychological foundations of geometric cognition

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

In this review-paper, I focus on biopsychological foundations of geometric cognition. Starting from the Kant’s views on mathematics, I attempt to show that contemporary cognitive scientists, alike the famous philosopher, recognize mutual relationships of visuospatial processing and geometric cognition. What I defend is a claim that Tinbergen’s explanatory questions are the most fruitful tool for explaining our “hardwired,” and thus shared with other animals, Euclidean intuitions, which manifest themselves in spatial navigation and shape recognition. I claim, however, that these “hardwired intuitions” cannot capture full-blooded Euclidean geometry, which demands practice with cultural artifacts in various time-scales.

Keywords

PL

cognitive science of mathematics; cognitive maps; cultural artifacts; core cognitive systems; geometric cognition; scientific explanation

• Publisher: Copernicus Center Press
• Journal: Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 64
• Pages: 137-165

Dates

published

2018-07-12

Contributors

author

Mateusz Hohol