How to apply mathematics

Erkenntnis 61 (1):17-28 (2004)
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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.

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