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Mathematical Explanation

Mathematical Explanation is an academic concept in the philosophy of mathematics and mathematical communication that denotes a species of mathematical justification which, unlike mere proof, provides insight into why a mathematical fact holds by revealing its underlying conceptual or structural grounds.

489

Publications

30.2K

Citations

600

Authors

304

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

85

Variants

Explanation In Mathematics

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Publications

489

The Principles of Mathematics

R. W. H. T. H. · Nature · 1903 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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On the dual nature of mathematical conceptions: Reflections on processes and objects as different sides of the same coin

Anna Sfard · Educational Studies in Mathematics · 1991 · 1.8K citations

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Explanation of machine learning models using shapley additive explanation and application for real data in hospital

Yasunobu Nohara, Koutarou Matsumoto, Hidehisa Soejima et al. · Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine · 2021 · 925 citations · Full text

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The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field.

Susanna P. Hotelling, Jacques Hadamard · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1945 · 694 citations

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The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge.

Mark E. Steiner, Philip Kitcher · The Journal of Philosophy · 1984 · 693 citations

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Authors

600

  1. ML
    Marc Lange

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    9 publications · 486 citations

    9

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  2. AR
    Alan R. H. Baker

    Swarthmore College, United States

    7 publications · 805 citations

    7

    h-index

  3. SB
    Sam Baron

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    7 publications · 321 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. MC
    Mark Colyvan

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    7 publications · 519 citations

    7

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  5. DT
    David Tall

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 128 citations

    6

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1–5 of 600

Institutions

304

  1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    732 citations

  2. Swarthmore College

    Swarthmore, United States

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    874 citations

  3. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    370 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    266 citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    415 citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    598 citations

  7. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    183 citations

  8. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    428 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 31 publications · 2.6K citations

    22

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  2. Educational Studies in Mathematics

    21 publications · 3.7K citations

    18

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  3. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

    24 publications · 1.5K citations

    18

    h-index

  4. American Mathematical Monthly

    21 publications · 702 citations

    15

    h-index

  5. Philosophia Mathematica

    11 publications · 327 citations

    11

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