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Mathematics and Scientific Representation

Mathematics and Scientific Representation

Pincock, Christopher

Hardcover

Series: Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science

General MathematicsHistory & Philosophy of ScienceLogic

ISBN10: 0199757100
ISBN13: 9780199757107
Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
Published: Jan 13 2012
Pages: 348
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Mathematics plays a central role in much of contemporary science, but philosophers have struggled to understand what this role is or how significant it might be for mathematics and science. In this book Christopher Pincock tackles this perennial question in a new way by asking how mathematics contributes to the success of our best scientific representations. In the first part of the book this question is posed and sharpened using a proposal for how we can determine the content of a scientific representation. Several different sorts of contributions from mathematics are then articulated. Pincock argues that each contribution can be understood as broadly epistemic, so that what mathematics ultimately contributes to science is best connected with our scientific knowledge.

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