The applicability of mathematics to physical modality

DOI10.1007/S11229-016-1067-3MaRDI QIDQ1708871zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nora Berenstain

Publication date 27 March 2018

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://philpapers.org/rec/BERSRA-5

zbMATH Keywords

modalityscientific realismindispensability argumentmathematical explanationapplicability problemnovel prediction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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