The applicability of mathematics: Beyond mapping-based accounts

Davide Rizza

doi:10.1086/670295

The applicability of mathematics: Beyond mapping-based accounts

Davide Rizza

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Abstract

In this article, I argue that mapping-based accounts of applications cannot be comprehensive and must be supplemented by analyses of other, qualitatively different, forms of application. I support these claims by providing a detailed discussion of the application of mathematics to a problem of election design that is prominent in social choice theory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	398-412
Number of pages	14
Journal	Philosophy of Science
Volume	80
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/670295
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013

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