Intro; Preface; Contents; 1 The Challenge of a Historical Epistemology of Space; 2 Natural Conditions of Spatial Cognition; 3 Culturally Shared Mental Models of Space; 4 Social Control of Space and Metrization; 5 Reflection and the Context-Independence of Mental Models of Space; 6 The Expansion of Experiential Spaces Over History; 7 The Decline of an Autonomous Concept of Space; 8 Concluding Remarks; Index; References; The Object of Study; Example: Object Permanence; Example: Cognitive Mapping; The Character of Spatial Knowledge; References; The Object of Study

Example: The Eipo's Network of Toponyms and Spatial ReferenceExample: The Absolute-Directional System of the Caroline Island Navigators; The Character of Spatial Knowledge; References; The Object of Study; Example: Field Measurement and the Metrization of Space in Ancient Mesopotamia; The Character of Spatial Knowledge; References; The Object of Study; Example: Deductive Geometry; Example: Theories of Space; The Character of Spatial Knowledge; References; The Object of Study; Example: The Development of Global Coordinates for Geographical Space

Example: Independence of Space from Matter and ForceExample: The Force Field as a Hybrid Between Objects and Space; The Character of Spatial Knowledge; References; The Object of Study; Example: Four-Dimensionality of Spacetime; Example: Dynamicity of Spacetime; The Character of Spatial Knowledge; References