BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T101112Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20171120T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20171120T133000 SUMMARY:Mathematics\, Explanatory Generality\, and Ontological Commitment UID:20240329T101126Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:via Festa del Perdono 7\, Milano\, Italy DESCRIPTION:
According to the &lsquo\;enhanced&rsquo\; indispensability argument for platonism\, mathematics contributes to the explanatory power of some empirical explan- ations. Nominalists have denied that mathematics plays this kind of explan- atory role. In this paper we show that while the platonists are correct in saying that mathematics can boost an explanation&rsquo\;s explanatory power\, they are wrong in thinking that this supports mathematical platonism. Nominalists need not deny that mathematics can make a real contribution to explanations&rsquo\; explanatoriness\, since the kind of contribution that mathematics makes can be accommodated in nominalist terms. \;
\n\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Hykel Hosni;CN=Cristian Mariani: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR