Optimal representations and the enhanced indispensability argument

DOI10.1007/s11229-017-1470-4zbMath1452.00011OpenAlexW2626394752MaRDI QIDQ2219148

Manuel Barrantes

Publication date: 19 January 2021

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/13126/1/Optimal%20representations%20and%20the%20EIA.docx

zbMATH Keywords

enhanced indispensability argumentmathematical Platonismoptimal representationsmagicicadasmathematical explanationstheoretical virtues

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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