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emacs-muse is also missing.

One should also check: http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/js2/semantics/

You could invert the phrase and still make a lot of sense: 'Nature follows from the basic mathematical assumptions.'

But you are quite right: Philosophers know better, could know...

There's no relevant physics without mathematics, one has to work out the math before trying to answer the 'why' questions. There are no short cuts. (Note: I'm also a theoretical physicist :) )