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Condition: New. 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. Series: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL; PBB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570. . 2014. Paperback. . . . .…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This Element answers four questions. Can any traditional theory of scientific explanation make sense of the place of mathematics in explanation If traditional monist theories are inadequate, is there some way to develop a more flexible, but still monist, approach that will clarify how mathematics can help to explain What sort of pluralism about explanation is best equipped to clarify how mathematics can help to explain in science and in mathematics itself Finally, how can the mathematical elements of an explanation be integrated into the physical world Some of the evidence for a novel scientific posit may be traced to the explanatory power that this posit would afford, were it to exist. Can a similar kind of explanatory evidence be provided for the existence of mathematical objects, and if not, why not. …

Condition: New. 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. Series: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL; PBB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Reprint. 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. In this book Christopher Pincock tackles this perennial question in a new way by asking how mathematics contributes to the success of our best scientific representations. In the first part of the book this question is posed and sharpened using a proposal for how we can determine the content of a scientific representation. Several different sorts of contributions from mathematics are then articulated. Pincock argues that each contribution can be understood as broadly epistemic, so that what mathematics ultimately contributes to science is best connected with our scientific knowledge. In the second part of the book, Pincock critically evaluates alternative approaches to the role of mathematics in science. These include the potential benefits for scientific discovery and scientific explanation. A major focus of this part of the book is the indispensability argument for mathematical platonism. Using the results of part one, Pincock argues that this argument can at best support a weak form of realism about the truth-value of the statements of mathematics. The book concludes with a chapter on pure mathematics and the remaining options for making sense of its interpretation and epistemology. Thoroughly grounded in case studies drawn from scientific practice, this book aims to bring together current debates in both the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of science and to demonstrate the philosophical importance of applications of mathematics.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Both an anthology and an introductory textbook, Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues offers instructors and students a comprehensive anthology of fifty-two primary texts by leading philosophers in the field and provides extensive editorial commentary that places the readings in a wide philosophical context.…