How can necessary facts call for explanation?

DOI10.1007/s11229-020-02817-7zbMath1525.00005OpenAlexW3047951395MaRDI QIDQ6088510

Dan Baras

Publication date: 14 December 2023

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://philpapers.org/rec/BARHCN-2

zbMATH Keywords

probabilityphilosophy of mathematicslogical omnisciencecalling for explanationnecessary factsstrikingness

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Methodology of mathematics (00A35)

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