Structural explanations: impossibilities vs failures

DOI10.1007/S11229-023-04121-6MaRDI QIDQ6836490zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Manuel Barrantes

Publication date 27 March 2026

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S11229-023-04121-6

zbMATH Keywords

mathematical explanationnon-causal explanationscientific explanationstructural explanation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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