A theoretical juice extractor: The Role of Mathematics in Scientific Explanation
It has recently been argued that mathematics can play a genuinely explanatory role in science. Cases where this is supposed to be the case have been divided into those where the explanatory role is played by mathematical operations, and those where it is played by mathematical entities. In this arti...
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I10-R341-article-388092025-01-01T15:10:35Z A theoretical juice extractor: The Role of Mathematics in Scientific Explanation Un extractor de jugo teórico: El papel de las matemáticas en la explicación científica Barrantes, Manuel Barrantes, Manuel scientific explanation mathematical explanation representation cicadas rainbows honeycombs explicación científica explicación matemática representación cigarras arcoíris panales It has recently been argued that mathematics can play a genuinely explanatory role in science. Cases where this is supposed to be the case have been divided into those where the explanatory role is played by mathematical operations, and those where it is played by mathematical entities. In this article, I analyze some of these purported cases and argue that claims that mathematics can be genuinely explanatory are unfounded. Throughout my discussion, I emphasize the representational role of mathematics, as opposed to its supposed explanatory role: the role of mathematics, even in the cases that I discuss, is to represent physical facts and help draw inferences about those facts. Recientemente se han propuesto casos en los que, supuestamente, las matemáticas cumplirían un rol genuinamente explicativo en ciencia. Estos se han dividido entre aquellas situaciones en las que el rol explicativo lo cumplirían las operaciones matemáticas, y aquellas en las que lo cumplirían las entidades matemáticas. En este artículo analizo algunos de estos supuestos casos y sostengo que es infundado afirmar que las matemáticas puedan ser genuinamente explicativas. En mi discusión, enfatizo en rol representacional de las matemáticas, opuesto al rol supuestamente explicativo: el rol de las matemáticas, incluso en los casos que discuto, es representar hechos científicos y ayudar a realizar inferencias acerca de dichos hechos. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2022-12-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/afjor/article/view/38809 10.61377/ehc.38809 Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia; Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022): Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia; 6-21 Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia; Vol. 7 Núm. 1 (2022): Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia; 6-21 Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia; v. 7 n. 1 (2022): Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia; 6-21 2525-1198 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/afjor/article/view/38809/40267 Derechos de autor 2022 Manuel Barrantes http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
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It has recently been argued that mathematics can play a genuinely explanatory role in science. Cases where this is supposed to be the case have been divided into those where the explanatory role is played by mathematical operations, and those where it is played by mathematical entities. In this article, I analyze some of these purported cases and argue that claims that mathematics can be genuinely explanatory are unfounded. Throughout my discussion, I emphasize the representational role of mathematics, as opposed to its supposed explanatory role: the role of mathematics, even in the cases that I discuss, is to represent physical facts and help draw inferences about those facts. |
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