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The Applicability of Mathematics in Science: Indispensability and Ontology

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. S. Bangu
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Part of the book series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science (NDPS)

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Keywords

  • mathematics
  • philosophy of mathematics
  • philosophy of science
  • science
  • scientific discovery

About this book

This examination of a series of philosophical issues arising from the applicability of mathematics to science consists of scientifically-informed philosophical analysis and argument. One distinctive feature of this project is that it proposes to look at issues in philosophy of mathematics within the larger context of philosophy of science.

About the author

SORIN BANGU is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway. His main interests and publications are in philosophy of science and mathematics, and the history of analytic philosophy (especially Wittgenstein and Quine).




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