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    The facts that mathematical explanations explain cannot e... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The existence of mathematical explanations of empirical phenomena cannot be used to infer the existence of mathematical entities

    The facts that mathematical explanations explain cannot even be described without the use of mathematical language

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    The argument has not gone unchallenged. Indeed, Leng 2005 tries to resist the conclusion by blocking premise b). She accepts a) but questions the claim that the role of mathematics in such explanations commits us to the real existence (as opposed to a fictional one) of the posits. This, she argues, will be granted when one realizes that both Colyvan and Baker infer illegitimately from the existence of the mathematical explanation that the statements grounding the explanation are true. She claims

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