Mathematics, the Ultimate Challenge to Embodiment: Truth and the Grounding of Axiomatic Systems

Handbook of Cognitive Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 333-353

  Núñez, Rafael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-046616-3.00017-7     Document Type: Chapter

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