Numbers, Language, and the Human Mind

Heike Wiese

ISBN 10: 0521831822 / ISBN 13: 9780521831826

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - What constitutes our number concept What makes it possible for us to employ numbers the way we do; which mental faculties contribute to our grasp of numbers What do we share with other species, and what is specific to humans How does our language faculty come into the picture This 2003 book addresses these questions and discusses the relationship between numerical thinking and the human language faculty, providing psychological, linguistic and philosophical perspectives on number, its evolution and its development in children. Heike Wiese argues that language as a human faculty plays a crucial role in the emergence of systematic numerical thinking. She characterises number sequences as powerful and highly flexible mental tools that are unique to humans and shows that it is language that enables us to go beyond the perception of numerosity and to develop such mental tools.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Numbers, Language, and the Human Mind
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521831822
• ISBN 13: 9780521831826
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 24D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 672 grams

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Synopsis

What constitutes our concept of numbers and makes it possible for us to work with them the way we do? Which mental faculties contribute to our grasp? What qualities do we share with other species, and which ones are specific to us? This book addresses these questions to reveal that language plays a crucial role in the development of systematic number concepts. It analyzes the relationship between numerical thinking and the human language faculty, providing psychological, linguistic, and philosophical perspectives on numbers, their evolution, and development in children.

About the Author

Heike Weiss is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the Institute for German Linguistics and Language, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She has published in the fields of linguistics, cognitive science, philosophy, and didactics of mathematics.