Cognition in Practice: Mind, Mathematics and Culture in Everyday Life

In this innovative study, Jean Lave moves the analysis of one particular form of cognitive activity--arithmetic problem-solving--out of the laboratory and into the domain of everyday life. In so doing, she shows how mathematics in the "real world", such as that entailed in grocery shopping or dieting, is, like all thinking, shaped by the dynamic encounter between the culturally-endowed mind and its total context, a subtle interaction that shapes both the human subject and the world within which it acts. Read More

In this innovative study, Jean Lave moves the analysis of one particular form of cognitive activity--arithmetic problem-solving--out of the laboratory and into the domain of everyday life. In so doing, she shows how mathematics in the "real world", such as that entailed in grocery shopping or dieting, is, like all thinking, shaped by the dynamic encounter between the culturally-endowed mind and its total context, a subtle interaction that shapes both the human subject and the world within which it acts. Read Less

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  	This is a digital edition of this title. Rent eBook 180 Day Rental: $52.80 (Expires Nov 07, 2024) Buy eBook Lifetime Access: $65.99 Title: Cognition in Practice by Jean Lave Publisher: Cambridge University Press Print ISBN: 9780521357340, 0521357349 eText ISBN: 9781107263628 Edition: 1988 1st edition Format: EPUB eBook	$52.80 Rent eBook This is a digital eBook Nothing will be shipped to you Works with web browsers and the VitalSource app on all Windows, Mac, Chromebook, Kindle Fire, iOS, and Android devices Most eBooks are returnable within 14 days of purchase Questions? See our eBook FAQ