The explanatory dispensability of idealizations
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DOI10.1007/s11229-014-0517-zzbMath1358.00093OpenAlexW2082570702MaRDI QIDQ516218
Publication date: 14 March 2017
Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-014-0517-z
Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)
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