Topics addressed include:

• The historical context of any topic that involves how mathematical thinking emerged, focusing on archaeological and philological evidence.

• Connection between math cognition and symbolism, annotation and other semiotic processes.

• Interrelationships between mathematical discovery and cultural processes, including technological systems that guide the thrust of cognitive and social evolution.

• Whether mathematics is an innate faculty or forged in cultural-historical context.

• What, if any, structures are shared between mathematics and language.