Explore Wmcf through 8 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Wmcf in a sentence
Using Wmcf
- In the example corpus, wmcf often appears in combinations such as: of wmcf.
Context around Wmcf
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wmcf
- In this selection, "wmcf" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, suggests, advocates and argues stand out and add context to how "wmcf" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include absent from wmcf and authors of wmcf have not. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wmcf" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wmcf
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WMCF argues that reasoning with such variables implicitly relies on what it terms the Fundamental Metonymy of Algebra. (18 words)
Some of the concepts in these earlier books, such as the interesting technical ideas in Lakoff (1987), are absent from WMCF. (21 words)
Hence the main value of WMCF so far may be a critical one: its critique of Platonism in mathematics, and the Romance of Mathematics. (24 words)
On Earth, intelligence and mathematical ability seem to go hand in hand in all life-forms, as pointed out by Keith Devlin among others. citation The authors of WMCF have not explained how this situation would (or even could) be different anywhere else. (43 words)
Symbolic language should not be confused with mathematics; it reflects, but does not contain, mathematical reality. citation Summing up WMCF (pp. 378–79) concludes with some key points, a number of which follow. (33 words)
WMCF advocates (and includes some examples of) a cognitive idea analysis of mathematics which analyzes mathematical ideas in terms of the human experiences, metaphors, generalizations, and other cognitive mechanisms giving rise to them. (33 words)
Example sentences (8)
Educators have taken some interest in what WMCF suggests about how mathematics is learned, and why students find some elementary concepts more difficult than others.
Hence the main value of WMCF so far may be a critical one: its critique of Platonism in mathematics, and the Romance of Mathematics.
Lakoff and Núñez tend to dismiss the negative opinions mathematicians have expressed about WMCF, because their critics do not appreciate the insights of cognitive science.
On Earth, intelligence and mathematical ability seem to go hand in hand in all life-forms, as pointed out by Keith Devlin among others. citation The authors of WMCF have not explained how this situation would (or even could) be different anywhere else.
Some of the concepts in these earlier books, such as the interesting technical ideas in Lakoff (1987), are absent from WMCF.
Symbolic language should not be confused with mathematics; it reflects, but does not contain, mathematical reality. citation Summing up WMCF (pp. 378–79) concludes with some key points, a number of which follow.
WMCF advocates (and includes some examples of) a cognitive idea analysis of mathematics which analyzes mathematical ideas in terms of the human experiences, metaphors, generalizations, and other cognitive mechanisms giving rise to them.
WMCF argues that reasoning with such variables implicitly relies on what it terms the Fundamental Metonymy of Algebra.
Common combinations with wmcf
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of wmcf 2×