Optimisation and mathematical explanation: doing the Lévy walk

DOI10.1007/s11229-013-0284-2zbMath1302.00051OpenAlexW2160667112MaRDI QIDQ484933

Sam Baron

Publication date: 8 January 2015

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-013-0284-2

zbMATH Keywords

explanationoptimisationPlatonismnominalismindispensabilityLévy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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