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From: Paul Fishwick <[log in to unmask]>
To: Alan Penn <[log in to unmask]>; simsoc <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 3:42 PM
Subject: on modeling and social science
I thought I was going to say that I completely agree with Paul and that all
I need to say was that what he calls a model is what I call a theory, until
I got to this bit of his response:
> Ah..this is ripe material. Modeling is at the core of science,
> situated between theory and experiment.
Paul, would you care to expand on the distinction in your terms between
'model' and 'theory'.
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