The applicability of mathematics to physical modality

DOI10.1007/s11229-016-1067-3zbMath1387.00011OpenAlexW2310828390MaRDI QIDQ1708871

Nora Berenstain

Publication date: 27 March 2018

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://philpapers.org/rec/BERSRA-5

zbMATH Keywords

modalityscientific realismmathematical explanationindispensability argumentapplicability problemnovel prediction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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