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卷 191, 期 3, 页码 459-479出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-013-0284-2
关键词
Explanation; Indispensability; Levy; Optimisation; Mathematics; Platonism; Nominalism
资金
- Australian Research Council [DP120102871]
- John Templeton Foundation
The indispensability argument seeks to establish the existence of mathematical objects. The success of the indispensability argument turns on finding cases of genuine extra-mathematical explanation (the explanation of physical facts by mathematical facts). In this paper, I identify a new case of extra-mathematical explanation, involving the search patterns of fully-aquatic marine predators. I go on to use this case to predict the prevalence of extra-mathematical explanation in science.
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