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Mathematics and scientific representation /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pincock, Christopher
Corporate Author: UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Series:Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
Subjects:
Science > Mathematics.
Science > Methodology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Epistemic contributions
  • Content and confirmation
  • Causes
  • Varying interpretations
  • Scale matters
  • Constitutive frameworks
  • Failures
  • Part 2. Other contributions
  • Discovery
  • Indispensability
  • Explanation
  • The rainbow
  • Fictionalism
  • Facades
  • Conclusion: Pure mathematics.