The Applicability of Mathematics in Science: Indispensability and Ontology

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| image = The Applicability of Mathematics in Science Indispensability and Ontology.jpg

| author = Sorin Bangu

| isbn = 978-0-230-28520-0

| pub_date = 2012

| language = English

| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan

| series = New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

| subjects = {{ublist|Philosophy of mathematics|Quine–Putnam indispensability argument}}

| pages = 252

| oclc = 1329160456

| website = {{URL|https://link.springer.com/book/9780230285200|SpringerLink}}

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The Applicability of Mathematics in Science: Indispensability and Ontology is a 2012 book on the philosophy of mathematics by Sorin Bangu. It argues for an improved form of indispensability argument based on a Quinean-inspired naturalism and confirmational holism, as well as a position he calls "posit realism". It also explores the applications of mathematics in scientific discovery and explanation.{{Cite journal |last=Pincock |first=Christopher |date=2014 |title=The Applicability of Mathematics in Science: Indispensability and Ontology. |journal=Philosophia Mathematica |language=en |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=401–412 |doi=10.1093/philmat/nku018 |issn=0031-8019}}{{Cite journal |last=Koo |first=Alex |date=2014 |title=The application of mathematics in science |journal=Metascience |language=en |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=263–268 |doi=10.1007/s11016-014-9875-x |s2cid=117856782 |issn=0815-0796}}{{Cite journal |last=Rush |first=Penelope |date=2013 |title=The Applicability of Mathematics in Science: Indispensability and Ontology |journal=International Studies in the Philosophy of Science |language=en |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=219–222 |doi=10.1080/02698595.2013.813255 |s2cid=122003243 |issn=0269-8595}}