Why inference to the best explanation doesn’t secure empirical grounds for mathematical platonism
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-018-02043-2
Abstract: Proponents of the explanatory indispensability argument for mathematical platonism maintain that claims about mathematical entities play an essential explanatory role in some of our best scientific explanations. They infer that the existence of mathematical entities… read more here.
Keywords: best explanation; mathematical platonism; inference best; mathematical entities ... See more keywords