Mathematical Explanation and the Theory of Why-Questions

DOI10.1093/BJPS/49.4.603zbMATH Open0945.03504OpenAlexW1994310612MaRDI QIDQ4490100FDOQ4490100

Authors: David Sandborg 

Publication date: 10 October 2000

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/49.4.603

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Methodology of mathematics (00A35) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

Cited In (5)

• Explanation in mathematical conversations: an empirical investigation
• Proofs of the compactness theorem
• Unificatory understanding and explanatory proofs
• Motivated proofs: what they are, why they matter and how to write them
• Indispensability and explanation: an overview and introduction

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