The Enhanced Indispensability Argument: Representational versus Explanatory Role of Mathematics in Science
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Publication:3012302
DOI10.1093/bjps/axq029zbMath1217.00010OpenAlexW2156556269MaRDI QIDQ3012302
Publication date: 6 July 2011
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/axq029
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