| dc.contributor.author | Skow, Bradford | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-20T18:49:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-20T18:49:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-03 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0007-0882 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1464-3537 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104887 | |
| dc.description.abstract | There are lots of arguments for, or justifications of, mathematical theorems that make use of principles from physics. Do any of these constitute explanations? On the one hand, physical principles do not seem like they should be explanatorily relevant; on the other, some particular examples of physical justifications do look explanatory. In this article, I defend the idea that (some) physical justifications can and do explain mathematical facts. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axt038 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | en_US |
| dc.source | MIT web domain | en_US |
| dc.title | Are There Genuine Physical Explanations of Mathematical Phenomena? | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Skow, B. “Are There Genuine Physical Explanations of Mathematical Phenomena?” The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 66.1 (2015): 69–93. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy | en_US |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Skow, Bradford | |
| dc.relation.journal | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Author's final manuscript | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Skow, B. | en_US |
| dspace.embargo.terms | N | en_US |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7892-4540 | |
| mit.license | OPEN_ACCESS_POLICY | en_US |
