Mathematical explanation: problems and prospects.

DOI10.1023/A:1010621314372MaRDI QIDQ5950504zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paolo Mancosu

Publication date 18 December 2001

Published in Topoi (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1010621314372

zbMATH Keywords

certaintyempiricismexplanationhypothesishypothetico-inductivist traditionmean valuesproofquasi-empiricismtheory of functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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