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A deductive-nomological model for mathematical scientific explanation
| dc.contributor.author | Castro, Eduardo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-23T14:40:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-23T14:40:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | I propose a deductive-nomological model for mathematical scientific explanation. In this regard, I modify Hempel’s deductive-nomological model and test it against some of the following recent paradigmatic examples of the mathematical explanation of empirical facts: the seven bridges of Königsberg, the North American synchronized cicadas, and Hénon-Heiles Hamiltonian systems. I argue that mathematical scientific explanations that invoke laws of nature are qualitative explanations, and ordinary scientific explanations that employ mathematics are quantitative explanations. I analyse the repercussions of this deductivenomological model on causal explanations. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.5007/1808-1711.2020v24n1p1 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1414-4247 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1808-1711 (Online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/10379 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | pt_PT |
| dc.relation | Explicação matemática, Indução e Leis da Natureza | |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/download/1808-1711.2020v24n1p1/pdf | pt_PT |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Explanation | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Mathematics | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | DN model | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Causation | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Science | pt_PT |
| dc.title | A deductive-nomological model for mathematical scientific explanation | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.awardTitle | Explicação matemática, Indução e Leis da Natureza | |
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| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 27 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.issue | 1 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 1 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Principia | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 24 | pt_PT |
| oaire.fundingStream | OE | |
| person.familyName | Castro | |
| person.givenName | Eduardo Jorge de Sousa | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 6C14-FF75-1612 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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