Article
- In ERKENNTNIS - 2004 / 1 (N° 61)
- Pages: 17 to 28
- Support: Electronic document
- Languages: Anglais
- Édition: Original
- ISSN: 1572-8420-61-1
- DOI: 10.1023/B:ERKE.0000037540.0079
- URL: External link
- Creation date: 04-01-2011
- Last update: 01-06-2011
Abstract
Anglais
This paper presents a novel account of applied mathematics. It shows how we can distinguish the physical content from the mathematical form of a scientific theory even in cases where the mathematics applied is indispensable and cannot be eliminated by paraphrase.