Israeli-American philosopher who extended Wigner's puzzle into a systematic philosophical analysis of the applicability of mathematics to physics.
The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem: mathematics is not merely useful for physics but seems to 'point' to physical discoveries — mathematical beauty has guided physicists to correct theories. This suggests an anthropocentric feature of mathematics that is philosophically troubling.
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