Explanation and Realism: Interwoven Themes in the Philosophy of Mathematics

DOI10.1007/978-3-031-21655-8_4MaRDI QIDQ6152208zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mark Colyvan, Michael D. Resnik

Publication date 12 February 2024

Published in Mathematical Knowledge, Objects and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21655-8_4

zbMATH Keywords

if-thenismindispensability argumentmark Steinermathematical explanationmathematical realismphilosophy of mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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