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Synthese Library, ISSN: 2542-8292, Vol: 448, Page: 349-376
2022
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Book Chapter Description

According to heuristic philosophy of mathematics, one of the tasks of the philosophy of mathematics is to give an answer to the question: What is the nature of mathematical explanations? Two different kinds of mathematical explanations can be distinguished: mathematical explanations of mathematical facts, and mathematical explanations of empirical facts. The chapter argues that there are mathematical explanations of mathematical facts, but there are no mathematical explanations of empirical facts.

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