It all adds up …. Or does it? Numbers, mathematics and purpose

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 58:117-122 (2016)
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What Mary Didn't Know.Frank Jackson - 1986 - Journal of Philosophy 83 (5):291-295.
The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences.Eugene Wigner - 1960 - Communications in Pure and Applied Mathematics 13:1-14.
Core systems of number.Stanislas Dehaene, Elizabeth Spelke & Lisa Feigenson - 2004 - Trends in Cognitive Sciences 8 (7):307-314.

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