Molinini, Daniele (2014) Deductive Nomological Model and Mathematics: Making Dissatisfaction more Satisfactory. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 29 (2). pp. 223-241. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
The discussion on mathematical explanation has inherited the same sense of dissatisfaction that philosophers of science expressed, in the context of scientific explanation, towards the deductive-nomological model. This model is regarded as unable to cover cases of bona fide mathematical explanations and, furthermore, it is largely ignored in the relevant literature. Surprisingly, the reasons for this ostracism are not sufficiently manifest. In this paper I explore a possible extension of the model to the case of mathematical explanations and I claim that there are at least two reasons to judge the deductive-nomological picture of explanation as inadequate in that context.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | Deductive-nomological model, Hempel, mathematical explanation, scientific explanation | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Mathematics |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jul 2014 12:24 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Jul 2014 12:24 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 10866 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/vi... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.6464 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Mathematics |
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| Date: | 1 May 2014 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 223-241 | ||||||
| Volume: | 29 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10866 |
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