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“Free rides” in Mathematics. / Carter, Jessica.

In: Synthese, Vol. 199, No. 3-4, 12.2021, p. 10475-10498.

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Carter, J 2021, '“Free rides” in Mathematics', Synthese, vol. 199, no. 3-4, pp. 10475-10498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03255-9

APA

Carter, J. (2021). “Free rides” in Mathematics. Synthese, 199(3-4), 10475-10498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03255-9

CBE

Carter J. 2021. “Free rides” in Mathematics. Synthese. 199(3-4):10475-10498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03255-9

MLA

Carter, Jessica. "“Free rides” in Mathematics". Synthese. 2021, 199(3-4). 10475-10498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03255-9

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Carter J. “Free rides” in Mathematics. Synthese. 2021 Dec;199(3-4):10475-10498. doi: 10.1007/s11229-021-03255-9

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Carter, Jessica. / “Free rides” in Mathematics. In: Synthese. 2021 ; Vol. 199, No. 3-4. pp. 10475-10498.

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abstract = "Representations, in particular diagrammatic representations, allegedly contribute to new insights in mathematics. Here I explore the phenomenon of a “free ride” and to what extent it occurs in mathematics. A free ride, according to Shimojima (Artif Intell Rev 15: 5–27, 2001), is the property of some representations that whenever certain pieces of information have been represented then a new piece of consequential information can be read off for free. I will take Shimojima{\textquoteright}s (informal) framework as a tool to analyse the occurrence and properties of them. I consider a number of different examples from mathematical practice that illustrate a variety of uses of free rides in mathematics. Analysing these examples I find that mathematical free rides are sometimes based on syntactic and semantic properties of diagrams.",
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