Modality and constitution in distinctively mathematical explanations

DOI10.1007/S13194-020-00292-YMaRDI QIDQ2096149zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mark Povich

Publication date 16 November 2022

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-020-00292-y

zbMATH Keywords

directionalitydistinctively mathematical explanationexplanatory asymmetrymodal conceptionontic conceptionscientific explanation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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