TY - CONF T1 - The body in Renaissance arithmetic: from mnemonics to embodied cognition T2 - Proceedings of the Thirty Sixth Annual Convention of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation Y1 - 2010 A1 - Heeffer, Albrecht ED - Pease, Alison ED - Guhe, Markus ED - Smaill, Alan AB -

In Medieval and Renaissance arithmetic we find several instances of references to body parts or actions involving body parts. In this paper we will address the question on the historical functions of body parts in mathematics and discuss its relation to the currently prevailing practice of symbolic mathematics.12

JA - Proceedings of the Thirty Sixth Annual Convention of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation PB - The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour SN - 1902956931 ER -