A Counterfactual Approach to Explanation in Mathematics

被引：15
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作者：
Baron, Sam [1 ]
Colyvan, Mark [2 ]
Ripley, David [3 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Western Australia, Dept Philosophy, Crawley 6009, Australia
[2] Univ Sydney, Dept Philosophy, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
[3] Monash Univ, Dept Philosophy, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia
来源：
PHILOSOPHIA MATHEMATICA | 2020年 / 28卷 / 01期
基金：
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词：
D O I：
10.1093/philmat/nkz023
中图分类号：
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号：
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要：
Our goal in this paper is to extend counterfactual accounts of scientific explanation to mathematics. Our focus, in particular, is on intra-mathematical explanations: explanations of one mathematical fact in terms of another. We offer a basic counterfactual theory of intra-mathematical explanations, before modelling the explanatory structure of a test case using counterfactual machinery. We finish by considering the application of counterpossibles to mathematical explanation, and explore a second test case along these lines.
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