Mathematical Explanation and the Theory of Why-Questions

DOI10.1093/BJPS/49.4.603MaRDI QIDQ4490100zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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

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