Not so distinctively mathematical explanations: topology and dynamical systems
So-called ‘distinctively mathematical explanations’ (DMEs) are said to explain physical phenomena, not in terms of contingent causal laws, but rather in terms of mathematical necessities that constrain the physical system in question. Lange argues that the existence of four or more equilibrium posit...
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Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
2022
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