Structure and applied mathematics.

‘Mapping accounts’ of applied mathematics hold that the application of mathematics in physical science is best understood in terms of ‘mappings’ between mathematical structures and physical structures. In this paper, I suggest that mapping accounts rely on the assumption that the mathematics relevan...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Synthese Vol. 200; no. 5; pp. 1 - 26
Main Author: McKenna, Travis
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Oct2022
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost