Depth and explanation in mathematics

DOI10.1093/PHILMAT/NKU022MaRDI QIDQ2965638zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marc Lange

Publication date 3 March 2017

Published in Philosophia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://semanticscholar.org/paper/e7ab2c9da77c072b587415f346e3c1ff95ff6ecf

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methodology of mathematics (00A35) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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