Du Châtelet on the Need for Mathematics in Physics
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DOI: 10.1086/714874
Abstract: There is a tension in Emilie Du Châtelet’s thought on mathematics. The objects of mathematics are ideal or fictional entities; nevertheless, mathematics is presented as indispensable for an account of the physical world. After outlining… read more here.
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