Mathematics and the world : explanation and representation
This thesis is about two ways in which we use mathematics to understand the non-mathematical world: in particular, mathematical explanation and mathematical representation. In chapters 1 and 2, I motivate the project by suggesting that, in addition to shedding light on the nature of explanation and...
Main Author: | Heron, John-Hamish |
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Other Authors: | Papineau, David Calder ; Knox, Eleanor |
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King's College London (University of London)
2018
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Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.762352 |
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