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Mathematics as a Tool

Tracing New Roles of Mathematics in the Sciences de

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Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

Paru le : 2017-04-04

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This book puts forward a new role for mathematics in the natural sciences. In the traditional understanding, a strong viewpoint is advocated, on the one hand, according to which mathematics is used for truthfully expressing laws of nature and thus for rendering the rational structure of the world. In a weaker understanding, many deny that these fundamental laws are of an essentially mathematical character, and suggest that mathematics is merely a convenient tool for systematizing observational knowledge. 
The position developed in this volume combines features of both the strong and the weak viewpoint. In accordance with the former, mathematics is assigned an active and even shaping role in the sciences, but at the same time, employing mathematics as a tool is taken to be independent from the possible mathematical structure of the objects under consideration. Hence the tool perspective is contextual rather than ontological. Furthermore, tool-use has to respect conditions like suitability, efficacy, optimality, and others. There is a spectrum of means that will normally differ in how well they serve particular purposes. The tool perspective underlines the inevitably provisional validity of mathematics: any tool can be adjusted, improved, or lose its adequacy upon changing practical conditions.
Pages
286 pages
Collection
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Parution
2017-04-04
Marque
Springer
EAN papier
9783319544687
EAN PDF
9783319544694
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Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
28
Taille du fichier
3287 Ko
Prix
116,04 €
EAN EPUB
9783319544694
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
28
Taille du fichier
1239 Ko
Prix
116,04 €

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