Explaining and Explaining Away in Mathematics: The Role of “Fitness”

In Carl Posy & Yemima Ben-Menahem (eds.), Mathematical Knowledge, Objects and Applications: Essays in Memory of Mark Steiner. Springer. pp. 9-22 (2023)
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This heretofore-unpublished lecture focusses on the phenomenon of explanation by redescription in mathematics. In such cases, the explanandum is fitted into a new mathematical framework from which it can be easily derived or even seen to be self-evident.

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