Evidence, explanation and enhanced indispensability

DOI10.1007/s11229-014-0494-2zbMath1358.00101OpenAlexW1965491889MaRDI QIDQ516221

Daniele Molinini

Publication date: 14 March 2017

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-014-0494-2

zbMATH Keywords

Platonismnominalisminference to the best explanationmathematical explanationindispensability argument

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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