A Role for Mathematics in the Physical Sciences

DOI10.1111/j.1468-0068.2007.00646.xzbMath1366.00037OpenAlexW2094738846MaRDI QIDQ5275563

Christopher Pincock

Publication date: 14 July 2017

Published in: Noûs (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0068.2007.00646.x

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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