Mathematics and Program Explanations
Australasian Journal of Philosophy 90 (3):579-584 (2012)
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Aidan Lyon has recently argued that some mathematical explanations of empirical facts can be understood as program explanations. I present three objections to his argument
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| Keywords | Mathematical explanation Indispensability argument Mathematical platonism |
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| DOI | 10.1080/00048402.2012.665374 |
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