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Experimental Mathematics.

The rise of the field of “experimental mathematics” poses an apparent challenge to traditional philosophical accounts of mathematics as an a priori, non-empirical endeavor. This paper surveys different attempts to characterize experimental mathematics. One suggestion is that experimental mathematics...

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Published in:Erkenntnis Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 331 - 345
Main Author: Baker, Alan
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature May2008
Subjects:
Mathematics
Cybernetics
Statistics
Electronics
A priori
Hypothesis
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