Cognitive extra-mathematical explanations

DOI10.1007/S11229-022-03643-9MaRDI QIDQ6837655zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Travis Holmes

Publication date 26 March 2026

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S11229-022-03643-9

zbMATH Keywords

efficient codingexplanationmathematical explanationmechanismmodels

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Methodology of mathematics (00A35)

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