Equivalent explanations and mathematical realism. Reply to ``Evidence, explanation, and enhanced indispensability

DOI10.1007/S11229-014-0491-5zbMATH Open1358.00104OpenAlexW2010751933MaRDI QIDQ516223FDOQ516223

Authors: Andrea Sereni 

Publication date: 14 March 2017

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-014-0491-5

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zbMATH Keywords

inference to the best explanationenhanced indispensability argumentmathematical explanationmathematical realism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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