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(2001) Philosophy and geometry, Dordrecht, Springer.

Geometry and cognition

Lorenzo Magnani

pp. 175-209

It is commonly accepted that "actual" (not astronomically too large or sub-microscopically too small) geometrical properties and relations of physical objects follow the axioms and theorems of the three-dimensional Euclidean geometry. But what about perceptions (and related judgments) that concern these geometrical relations and properties of physical objects?

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-9622-5_7

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Magnani, L. (2001). Geometry and cognition, in Philosophy and geometry, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 175-209.