Indexing and mathematical explanation

DOI10.1093/PHILMAT/NKR026MaRDI QIDQ4919639zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alan Baker, Mark Colyvan

Publication date 15 May 2013

Published in Philosophia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/philmat/nkr026

zbMATH Keywords

explanations of physical phenomenamathematical explanationrole of mathematics in sciencescientific practice

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Physics (00A79) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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