Can Digital Computers Support Ancient Mathematical Consciousness?

Can Digital Computers Support Ancient Mathematical Consciousness?

This paper poses, discusses, but does not definitively answer, the following questions: What sorts of reasoning machinery could the ancient mathematicians, and other intelligent animals, be using for spatial reasoning, before the discovery of modern logical mechanisms? “Diagrams in minds&a...

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Main Author: Aaron Sloman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Information
Subjects:
ancient geometrical reasoning
non-human mathematical competences
development of geometrical and topological reasoning
evolution of geometric/topological reasoning, in humans and other species
evolution of required construction kits
kant on mathematical knowledge
Are relevant brain mechanisms known?
How can brains represent necessity/impossibility?
Possible Super-Turing reasoning machinery
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/9/5/111

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