A match not made in heaven: on the applicability of mathematics in physics

DOI10.1007/s11229-016-1171-4zbMath1384.00051OpenAlexW2486054628WikidataQ59754798 ScholiaQ59754798MaRDI QIDQ1708955

Arezoo Islami

Publication date: 27 March 2018

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-016-1171-4

zbMATH Keywords

invariance principlesapplicability of mathematicslaws of natureunreasonable effectivenessWigner's puzzle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Physics (00A79) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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