The Social Life of Numbers

A Quechua Ontology of Numbers and Philosophy of Arithmetic

Autor*innen

• Gary Urton
• Primitivo Nina Llanos

Parameter

• Numerologie
• Philosophie

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Argues that the origin and meaning of numbers were and are conceived of by Quechua-speaking peoples in ways similar to their ideas about, and formulations of, gender, age, and social relations. This book demonstrates that their practice of arithmetic is based on a well-articulated body of philosophical principles and values.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Einband: Hardcover