Foundations of Geometric Cognition

Mateusz Hohol

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Routledge
02 October 2019

Cognitivism, cognitive theory; Child & developmental psychology; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Geometry

The cognitive foundations of geometry have puzzled academics for a long time, and even today are mostly unknown to many scholars, including mathematical cognition researchers.

Foundations of Geometric Cognition shows that basic geometric skills are deeply hardwired in the visuospatial cognitive capacities of our brains, namely spatial navigation and object recognition. These capacities, shared with non-human animals and appearing in early stages of the human ontogeny, cannot, however, fully explain a uniquely human form of geometric cognition. In the book, Hohol argues that Euclidean geometry would not be possible without the human capacity to create and use abstract concepts, demonstrating how language and diagrams provide cognitive scaffolding for abstract geometric thinking, within a context of a Euclidean system of thought.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach and drawing on research from diverse fields including psychology, cognitive science, and mathematics, this book is a must-read for cognitive psychologists and cognitive scientists of mathematics, alongside anyone interested in mathematical education or the philosophical and historical aspects of geometry.

By: Mateusz Hohol
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367173456
ISBN 10: 036717345X
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 02 October 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mateusz Hohol is Assistant Professor at Jagiellonian University, Kraków, and Postdoc at Polish Academy of Sciences (IPS PAS), Warsaw. His research focuses on the cognitive science of mathematics, especially on numerical and geometric cognition.