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The problem of explanation in mathematics

2016/21/B/HS1/01955

Keywords:

philosophy of mathematics mathematical explanation indispensability argument

Descriptors:

  • HS1_4: Logic, science methodology, philosophy of science
  • HS1_2: Ontology and metaphysics, particular ontologies
  • HS1_3: Epistemology (incl. sources of knowledge, criteria of truth, philosophy of language)

Panel:

HS1 - Fundamental questions of human existence and the nature of reality: philosophy, cognition, religious studies, theology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Filozofii

woj. mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Krzysztof Wójtowicz 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: OPUS 11 - announced on 2016-03-15

Amount awarded: 255 720 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-02-17

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2022-08-16

Project duration:: 66 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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