Wigner’s “Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics”, Revisited

Foundations of Physics 41 (11):1729-1739 (2011)
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A famous essay by Wigner is reexamined in view of more recent developments around its topic, together with some remarks on the metaphysical character of its main question about mathematics and natural sciences

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10.1007/s10701-011-9587-7

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