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Mathematics and scientific representation / Christopher Pincock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pincock, Christopher, author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
- Oxford studies in philosophy of science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Mathematics.
- Science.
- Science--Methodology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mathematics plays a central role in much of contemporary science, but philosophers have struggled to understand what this role is or how significant it might be for mathematics and science. Pincock tackles this perennial question by asking how mathematics contributes to the success of our best scientific representations.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 5, 2012).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-020857-0
- 1-283-42381-2
- 9786613423818
- 0-19-992109-1
- OCLC:
- 773933255
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