and science as sharing in the task of explaining facts, phenomena, or relations in their respective spheres. Steiner maintains that logicians and mathematicians standardly give explanations, and that mathematicians sometimes self-consciously distinguish between demonstrative and explanatory proofs.
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Philosophy of Mathematics: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies)
November 1, 2001, Blackwell Publishing Limited
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Philosophy of Mathematics: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies (Paper))
November 1, 2001, Blackwell Publishing Limited
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Philosophy of Mathematics: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies)
October 2001, Blackwell Publishers
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