Wigner's puzzle and the Pythagorean heuristic

DOI10.1007/s11229-016-1080-6zbMath1387.00014OpenAlexW2322016537WikidataQ114223366 ScholiaQ114223366MaRDI QIDQ1708864

Jane McDonnell

Publication date: 27 March 2018

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-016-1080-6

zbMATH Keywords

applicability of mathematicslaws of naturePythagorean metaphysics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Physics (00A79)

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