Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being explanatory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being explanatory.
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- noun The quality of being
explanatory .
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Examples
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The authors argue that Kitcher's model makes predictions about explanatoriness that go against specific cases in mathematical practice.
Explanation in Mathematics Mancosu, Paolo 2008
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Whether any such argument is going to be successful remains to be seen but the discussion will yield philosophical benefits in forcing, for instance, the nominalist to take a stand on how he can account for the explanatoriness of mathematics in the empirical sciences.
Explanation in Mathematics Mancosu, Paolo 2008
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In Hafner & Mancosu 2005 it is argued that Resnik and Kushner's criticisms are insufficient as a challenge to Steiner for they rely on ascribing explanatoriness to specific proofs based not on evaluations given by practicing mathematicians but rather relying on the intuitions of the authors.
Explanation in Mathematics Mancosu, Paolo 2008
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˜explanatoriness™ is only one virtue among those that an epistemology of mathematics that does not limit itself to traditional debates about justifying axioms can fruitfully investigate.
Explanation in Mathematics Mancosu, Paolo 2008
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