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Christopher Pincock

20 works· latest 2023· 4 institutionscluster: provisionalORCID 0000-0003-0602-9333

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Mathematics and Scientific Representation2012 · 176 citations
Fictions in Science: Philosophical Essays on Modeling and Idealization2011 · 170 citations
A Role for Mathematics in the Physical Sciences2007 · 139 citations
Abstract Explanations in Science2014 · 98 citations
Russell's Last (and Best) Multiple-Relation Theory of Judgement2008 · 39 citations

Works

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Mathematics and Explanation

Cambridge University Press eBooks·2023·1 author·book

31citations

The derivation of Poiseuille’s law: heuristic and explanatory considerations

Synthese·2021·1 author

17citations

Concrete Scale Models, Essential Idealization, and Causal Explanation

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science·2019·1 author

20citations

Explanatory Relevance and Contrastive Explanation

Philosophy of Science·2018·1 author

14citations

Accommodating Explanatory Pluralism

Oxford University Press eBooks·2018·1 author·book

15citations

Abstract Explanations in Science

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science·2014·1 author·other

98citations

Mathematics and Scientific Representation

Oxford University Press eBooks·2012·1 author·book

176citations

Fictions in Science: Philosophical Essays on Modeling and Idealization

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science·2011·1 author

170citations

Mathematical explanations of the rainbow

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics·2011·1 author

15citations

On Batterman's ‘On the Explanatory Role of Mathematics in Empirical Science’

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science·2010·1 author

15citations

Carnap, Russell, and the external world

Cambridge University Press eBooks·2007·1 author·chapter

17citations

Mathematical Idealization

Philosophy of Science·2007·1 author

16citations

A Role for Mathematics in the Physical Sciences

Noûs·2007·1 author

139citations

Overextending Partial Structures: Idealization and Abstraction

Philosophy of Science·2005·1 author

39citations

A RESERVED READING OF CARNAP'S AUFBAU

Pacific philosophical quarterly·2005·1 author

18citations

Russell's Influence On Carnap's Aufbau

Synthese·2002·1 author

15citations