A topology of mind : spiral thought patterns, the hyperlinking of text, ideas and more / Robert K. Logan, Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Logan, Robert K., 1939- author.

Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Mathematics in mind, 2522-5413

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Philosophy.

Mathematics.

Thought and thinking--Mathematics.

Thought and thinking.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 245 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.

Contents:

Part I: Mathematics in Mind

1. The Origins of Mathematics in the Mind

2. Mathematics, the Human Mind, Verbal Language

3. Mathematics, Writing, and Notation

4. Mathematics, Deductive Logic, and Abstract Science

5. Computing and the Internet

Part II: Spiral Patterns in Nature and Human Thought

6. The Mathematical Structure of Cyclic Phenomena

7. Spiral and Cyclic Structures in the Abiotic Inorganic Material World

8. Life is a Spiral and it is Cyclic

9. Spiral Thought Structures in History and Philosophy

10. The Spiral Structure of Marshall McLuhan's Thinking

11. Spirals and the Arts

Part III. Hyperlinking as Patterns of Connection

12. Pre-Digital Forms of Hypertext

13. Hypertext in the Digital Domain of Cyberspace

14. Hypermedia

15. Hyperlinking in the Spheres

Epilogue

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 10, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9783030964368

3030964361

Publisher Number:

99990985491

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.