Mathematics and program explanations

Australasian Journal of Philosophy

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 579-584

  Saatsi, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

indispensability argument; Mathematical explanation; Platonism; program explanation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865767084     PISSN: 00048402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048402.2012.665374     Document Type: Article

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