Rules to infinity: the normative role of mathematics in scientific explanation
Auteur :
Povich, Mark
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780197679005
Date de publication :
24 avr. 2025
Dimensions :
23,7 x 16,8 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
649 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Rules to Infinity defends the thesis that mathematics contributes to the explanatory power of science by expressing conceptual rules that allow for the transformation of empirical descriptions. It claims that mathematics should not be thought of as describing, in any substantive sense, an abstract realm of eternal mathematical objects, as traditional Platonists have thought.