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A new role for mathematics in empirical sciences

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dc.contributor.authorKasirzadeh, Atoosa
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-24T00:29:50Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2022-07-24T08:19:52Z
dc.description.abstractMathematics is often taken to play one of two roles in the empirical sciences: either it represents empirical phenomena or it explains these phenomena by imposing constraints on them. This article identifies a third and distinct role that has not been fully appreciated in the literature on applicability of mathematics and may be pervasive in scientific practice. I call this the “bridging” role of mathematics, according to which mathematics acts as a connecting scheme in our explanatory reasoning about why and how two different descriptions of an empirical phenomenon relate to each other. I discuss two bridging roles appearing in biological and physical explanations.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0031-8248en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/296816
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_AU
dc.rightsCopyright 2021 by the Philosophy of Science Association.en_AU
dc.sourcePhilosophy of Scienceen_AU
dc.titleA new role for mathematics in empirical sciencesen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage706en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage686en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationKasirzadeh, Atoosa, College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidKasirzadeh, Atoosa, u1087915en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor499999 - Other mathematical sciences not elsewhere classifieden_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB23684en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume88en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1086/713906en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85115705303
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.cambridge.org/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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