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Re:Truth, Math, and Models (Part 8 in a series on the scient... by gavagai691 on Monday May 27, 2024 @09:53PM (#40496628)
I agree that this is a problem with the above definition of model, analogous to the (IMO fatal) problems with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deductive-nomological_model#We....
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Re:Truth, Math, and Models (Part 8 in a series on the scient... by lisper on Monday May 27, 2024 @10:53PM (#40496915)
That has to do with causality, which is a complicated topic that I was trying very hard to avoid at this point in the exposition. But maybe that was a mistake.
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