Mathematical Explanation: Why it Matters

By P. Mancosu. 2008

88 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, History and Philosophy of Science

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Christopher Pincock
2. Marc Lange
3. Otávio A. S. Bueno
4. Mark Colyvan

In History and Philosophy of Science

1. Christopher Pincock
2. Marc Lange
3. Otávio A. S. Bueno
4. Mark Colyvan

Citations in the corpus

• What Are Mathematical Coincidences (and Why Does It Matter) (2010, background): “…and proofs that merely prove that it holds are Steiner 1978a, Kitcher 1984 (esp. pp. 208–9, 227) and 1989 (esp. pp. 423–6, 437), Resnik and Kushner 1987, Hafner and Mancosu 2005, Tappenden 2005, and Mancosu 2008b. References to other literature on mathematical explanation can be found therein.”
• Abstract Explanations in Science (2015, background): “3 See also an earlier paper where the relevant section is called ‘The Mathematical Explanation’ (Morgan [1990], p. 99).”