Wigner's puzzle and the Pythagorean heuristic
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Wigner's puzzle and the Pythagorean heuristic
zbMATH Open document ID: 1387.00014
author: Jane McDonnell
published in: Synthese
publication date: 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 00A30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 00A79
zbMATH DE Number: 6853099
zbMATH Keywords: applicability of mathematics
zbMATH Keywords: laws of nature
zbMATH Keywords: Pythagorean metaphysics
Wikidata QID: Q114223366
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s11229-016-1080-6
OpenAlex ID: W2322016537
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DOI: 10.1007/S11229-016-1080-6
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6853099