Magicicada, mathematical explanation and mathematical realism

DOI10.1007/S10670-010-9261-ZMaRDI QIDQ535387zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Davide Rizza

Publication date 11 May 2011

Published in Erkenntnis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-010-9261-z

zbMATH Keywords

application of mathematics to sciencemathematical explanation of empirical phenomenamathematical objectsmathematical realismscientific explanations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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