Mathematics and Explanatory Generality

DOI10.1093/philmat/nkw021zbMath1420.00018OpenAlexW2535205929MaRDI QIDQ5234241

Alan Baker

Publication date: 25 September 2019

Published in: Philosophia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/philmat/nkw021

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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