On Batterman's ‘On the Explanatory Role of Mathematics in Empirical Science’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8395949 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Pincock (0000-0003-0602-9333, Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 211-217 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/axq025 |
| OpenAlex | W2169086998 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
This discussion note of (Batterman [2010]) clarifies the modest aims of my ‘mapping account' of applications of mathematics in science. Once these aims are clarified it becomes clear that Batterman's ‘completely new approach' (Batterman [2010], p. 24) is not needed to make sense of his cases of idealized mathematical explanations. Instead, a positive proposal for the explanatory power of such cases can be reconciled with the mapping account.
Epistemology · Explanatory power · Mathematics education · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Science and Climate Studies · Scientific Computing and Data Management
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |