Minimal model explanations

DOI10.1086/676677MaRDI QIDQ7007517zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Robert W. Batterman, Collin C. Rice

Publication date 26 March 2025

Published in Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://repository.brynmawr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=philosophy_pubs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) General theory of mathematical modeling (00A71)

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• Explanation versus understanding: on two roles of dynamical systems theory in extended cognition research
• Cognitive extra-mathematical explanations
• The epistemic benefits of generalisation in modelling. II: Expressive power and abstraction
• Book review of: M. Povich, Rules to infinity. The normative role of mathematics in scientific explanation

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