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Daniele Molinini, Che cos'è una spiegazione matematica, Carocci, Roma 2014, pp. 219
Sereni, Andrea
2016
Abstract
Daniele Molininiís book offers an introduction to the problem of mathematical explanation, both in mathematics itself and in science. After a historical reconstruction of the notion of mathematical explanation, and a survey of its relations with the notion of scientific explanation, Molinini discusses the many philosophical issues raised by reflection on mathematical explanation in the recent debate, pausing on their connections with the notion of proof, with arguments for mathematical platonism, with the nature of mathematical representation and finally with the several conceptions of the applicability of mathematics.
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Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Andrea Sereni, "Daniele Molinini, Che cos'è una spiegazione matematica, Carocci, Roma 2014, pp. 219", in "APhEx 14", 2016, pp. 14
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it
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