Mathematical Explanation: Examining Approaches to the Problem of Applied Mathematics

The problem of applied mathematics is to account for the ’unreasonable effectiveness’ of mathematics in empirical science. A related question is, are there mathematical explanations of scientific facts, in the same way there are empirical explanations of scientific facts? Philosophers are interested...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lishinski, Alex
Other Authors: Hand, Michael
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/149495