Franklin, James (1994) The formal sciences discover the philosophers' stone. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 25 (4). pp. 513-533. ISSN 00393681
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The formal sciences - mathematical as opposed to natural sciences, such as operations research, statistics, theoretical computer science, systems engineering - appear to have achieved mathematically provable knowledge directly about the real world. It is argued that this appearance is correct.
An updated version of this paper appeared in the author's book, An Aristotelian Realist Philosophy of Mathematics (2014)
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Keywords: | Formal sciences; sciences of complexity; operations research; necessity in mathematics; provability | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Applicability Specific Sciences > Complex Systems General Issues > Computer Simulation General Issues > Models and Idealization |
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Depositing User: | James Franklin | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2019 01:03 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2019 01:03 | ||||||
Item ID: | 16563 | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A | ||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Science | ||||||
Official URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/... | ||||||
DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1016/0039-3681(94)90045-0 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Applicability Specific Sciences > Complex Systems General Issues > Computer Simulation General Issues > Models and Idealization |
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Date: | 1994 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 513-533 | ||||||
Volume: | 25 | ||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||
ISSN: | 00393681 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16563 |
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