Social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of four key paradigms: functionalist,
interpretive, radical humanist and radical structuralist. The four paradigms are founded upon …

Purpose–Any adequate analysis of the nature of mathematics and its role in sciences
necessarily requires fundamental understanding of the world views underlying the views …

Abstract The Quine/Putnam indispensability approach to the confirmation of mathematical
theories in recent times has been the subject of significant criticism. In this paper I explore an …

一, 有限的, 物质性的宇宙与人类现代自然科学为我们描绘了一个有限的宇宙.
根据今天被普遍接受的宇宙学理论, 宇宙在宏观上很可能是有限的. 在微观上 …

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye'de 2010-2020 yılları arasında matematik eğitimi alanında
yapılan doktora düzeyindeki tezlerin kuram, kuramsal çerçeve ve kavramsal çerçeve …

With respect to the confirmation of mathematical propositions, proof possesses an
epistemological authority unmatched by other means of confirmation. This paper is an …

The purpose of this article is to show the ideological character of the “invisible hand,” which
is the cornerstone of the mainstream economics. The article discusses how the “invisible …

Otávio Bueno and Steven French have produced a readable, informative, and compelling
account of mathematics as it is deployed in physical theory. The book is built on their …

This paper presents a novel account of applied mathematics. It shows how we can
distinguish the physical content from the mathematical form of a scientific theory even in …

What is an event? What sort of object are they? How is a given event distinguished from
other events and other objects? This thesis on science oriented metaphysics will take …