Mathematical Cognition in the TGD Universe

Abstract

The emergence of mathematical consciousness has meant an enormous evolutionary leap. Something completely exceptional might have occurred when the apple fell down about 358 years ago. Of course, also the emergence of our species was this kind of event? This raises questions. What really happens in this kind of giant leaps of mathematical consciousness or cognitive consciousness in general. What does being or becoming conscious of a mathematical concept mean? Could one see this kind of event as an emergence of a new reflective level of consciousness? One cannot answer these questions unless one can identify the physical correlates of cognition, in particular mathematical cognition. In the sequel these questions are considered in the TGD framework in which the number theoretic and geometric views of physics are dual to each other.