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'''''Mathematics, Form and Function''''' is a survey of the whole of [[mathematics]], including its origins and deep structure, by the [[United States|American]] mathematician [[Saunders Mac Lane]].

== Relevance to psychology of mathematical conception ==

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*[[George Lakoff]] and [[Rafael E. Núñez]], 2000. ''[[Where Mathematics Comes From]]''. Basic Books.

* {{cite book |first=Saunders |last=Mac Lane |title=Mathematics, Form and Function |year=1986 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |id=ISBN 0-387-96217-4}}

* [[Leslie White]], 1947, "The Locus of Mathematical Reality: An Anthropological Footnote," ''Philosophy of Science 14'': 289-303. Reprinted in Hersh, R. , ed., 2006. ''18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics''. Springer: 304-19304–19.

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