What makes a scientific explanation distinctively mathematical?

DOI10.1093/BJPS/AXS012MaRDI QIDQ2944402zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marc Lange

Publication date 2 September 2015

Published in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axs012

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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