Indispensability and explanation

DOI10.1093/BJPS/AXS026MaRDI QIDQ2944384zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sorin Bangu

Publication date 2 September 2015

Published in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axs026

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Games involving topology, set theory, or logic (91A44) Decision theory (91B06)

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