The Geometry of Thought

…how the brain creates conceptual spaces

By José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior [Public domain]

We think every day, but it’s hard to pinpoint what exactly we mean by the word. When we try to understand thought, we have to grasp thought by thinking about thought itself, which feels ever so slightly elusive and circular.

And then there are a hundred different ways of thinking about a thing. What do you actually do when…