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Mathematical Explanation: Why it Matters

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This chapter offers a broad survey of the literature on mathematical explanation, and shows the importance of this area of work for a philosophical understanding of mathematical practice and for other philosophical areas such as metaphysics and epistemology. The discussion begins with a distinction between mathematical explanations of scientific facts and mathematical explanation of mathematical facts. The former topic leads naturally to a discussion of new versions of the indispensability argument and the latter to a discussion of the two major accounts of mathematical explanation available, e.g. those of Steiner and Kitcher.
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halshs-00791900, version 1 (21-02-2013)

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Paolo Mancosu. Mathematical Explanation: Why it Matters. Mancosu, Paolo. The Philosophy of Mathematical Practice, Oxford University Press, pp.134-149, 2008, ⟨10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199296453.003.0006⟩. ⟨halshs-00791900⟩
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