scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5976666

MaRDI QIDQ3101065zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Alan Baker

Publication date 22 November 2011

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Cited in

(8)

• Inference to the best explanation is an important form of reasoning in mathematics
• Mathematical explanations that are not proofs
• Set-theoretic justification and the theoretical virtues
• Prolegomena to virtue-theoretic studies in the philosophy of mathematics
• \textit{On certainty}, change, and ``mathematical hinges
• Indeterminacy, coincidence, and ``sourcing newness in mathematical research
• Inference to the best explanation as a form of non-deductive reasoning in mathematics
• Explanatory indispensability and the set theoretic multiverse

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