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Publication Date: 1987
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A Cerebral Basis for an Ontology of Mathematics and Physics.
Fidelman, Uri
For the Learning of Mathematics, v7 n2 p38-43 Jun 1987
The ontological problem is "what exists?" The answer regarding the part of consciousness which is related to left hemisphere is that only individual discrete objects exist; objects are regarded one at a time. The answer regarding the part of consciousness which is related to right hemisphere is only comprehensive entities exist; each entity is comprehended simultaneously and sometimes spatially. (RH)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Logic, Mathematics, Physics
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